Mary Ellen Cottrell

Mary Ellen Cottrell (August 11, 1868 – December 1969) was a Labour and Co-op activist and politician both in Birmingham, and at a national level. Quotes capital expenditure to ease the housing shortage, indoor water supply in more homes, making local hospitals part of ‘an efficient State Health Service’, free secondary education with more schools, playing fields and smaller classes, a ‘good and cheap’ tramway system for the suburbs, more allotments, a municipal milk supply, and City Council labour schemes for the unemployed Birmingham Municipal Elections Literature, 1920 – 1924. Municipal Election 1920, Selly Oak Ward, Mrs Cottrell, Co-operative and Labour Candidate.March 2015,Blog at WordPress.com.The Iron Room. External link Category: 1860s births Category: 1960s deaths Category: Dead people Category: People from Sheffield Category: British politicians