Margaret Simey
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Margaret Bayne Todd (4 January 1906 - 27 July 2004) was born in Glasgow, but is usually more associated with Liverpool; her home from the 1920s. Known to herself and others as a "prickly customer", she had, as a teenager, chosen "Thistle" as her Camp Fire name in acknowledgment of this. She became well-known as a campaigner for the rights of the poor in Liverpool, served as a Liverpool City Councillor from 1963, was then a councillor on the now defunct Merseyside County Council from 1974, and was chair of the Merseyside County Police Committee at the time of the Toxteth riots in 1981.
[edit] Bibliography of Margaret Simey's works
- (1960) Charles Booth.
- (1985) Government by Consent.
- (1988) Democracy Rediscovered.
- (1992) Charity Rediscovered.
- (1996) The Disinherited Society.
- (2005) From Rhetoric to Reality.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simey, Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Todd, Margaret Bayne |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Politician, writer, activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 January 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 27 July 2004 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Liverpool, England |
