Emily Smith (mayor)
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Emily Smith was Mayor of Coventry between 1942 and 1943, during World War II and the latter part of the Coventry Blitz.[1][2] She served as a Poor Law Guardian, Labour Councillor, magistrate and alderman.[3]
Emily Smith was born Emily Parker in Dudley Hill and Tong, Bradford.[4] In 1915 she moved from Bradford to Coventry. After her husband's death four years later, she brought up their children by herself.[3]
Smith served as a Labour councillor in Coventry from 1928.[5]
In 1933 Smith argued against the requirement for women officers in Coventry City Council to resign upon marriage.[3] She became an alderman in 1937.[5]