What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr Marion Phillips MP (1881 - 1932) 18 Foyle Street Sunderland's first woman MP had an office here in 1929 - 1931. Activist and academic, she lobbied for the rights of women and working people. The Labour Party's Chief Woman Office (1918 - 1932). Recorded plaque organisation: Sunderland City Council.
Marion Phillips MP was Sunderland's first woman Member of Parliament and a prominent activist for women's and workers' rights; she served as the Labour Party's Chief Woman Officer from 1918 to 1932.
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