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= Emily Smith = |
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Emily Smith () was mayor of the city of Coventry between 1942-3, during WWII and the Coventry Blitz<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic Coventry - List of Mayors & Lord Mayors|url=https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.historiccoventry.co.uk}}</ref>. (<nowiki>https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php</nowiki>) She was a Poor Law Guardian, Labour Councillor, magistrate and alderman. (google book) |
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female Labour mayor in the West Midlands (<nowiki>https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/04/twin-cities-coventry-stalingrad-war</nowiki>) |
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== '''Life''' == |
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Emily Smith was born Emily Parker in Dudley Hill and Tong, Bradford. (<nowiki>https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/How_a_City_Grows_Historical_Notes_on_the/QGSAAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22emily%20smith%22%20coventry</nowiki>) |
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Smith moved to Coventry from Bradford in 1915. She brought up her children by herself after her husband’s death four years later. (google book <nowiki>https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_History_of_Women_s_Lives_in_Coventry/nAXMDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0</nowiki> |
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In 1933 Smith argued against the requirement for women officers in Coventry City Council to resign upon marriage. (Google book) |
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On 9 November 1942 Smith was elected Mayor of Coventry. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/How_a_City_Grows_Historical_Notes_on_the/QGSAAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22emily+smith%22+coventry+dates&dq=%22emily+smith%22+coventry+dates&printsec=frontcover |
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== '''Mayor of Coventry''' == |
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“for it to be possible for a working woman to become mayor of this ancient city [...] speaks highly for our democracy.” (Google book) |
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On Tuesday 23rd February 1943 Alderman Emily Smith, J.P. the Worshipful the Mayor of Coventry, formally opened Canley Garden Cemetery and Crematorium. (<nowiki>https://www.coventry.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/33923/canley_cemetery_and_crematorium_general_information.pdf</nowiki>) |
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At the end of her mayoral year, Smith said that “All I wanted to be [was] a good mother to the citizens”. (Google book) |
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== '''Twinning''' == |
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During the Battle of Stalingrad, 900 Coventry women signed their names on a tablecloth which was sent with a message of sympathy to the women of Stalingrad. This effort was led by Alderman Emily Smith, the then Mayor of Coventry. ''<nowiki>https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ces/research/current/twinning/whowith/volg/</nowiki>'' |
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The message was “Little help is better than big sympathy.” (Guardian article) |
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The names were embroidered by Mrs May Adams over the course of the next two years (<nowiki>https://www.talkingbirds.co.uk/pages/twinstory.asp</nowiki>) |
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in 1944 an official “bond of friendship” was created between the two cities (Guardian article) |
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Photograph |
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<nowiki>https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205230092</nowiki> |
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References |
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Emily Smith
Emily Smith () was mayor of the city of Coventry between 1942-3, during WWII and the Coventry Blitz[1]. (https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php) She was a Poor Law Guardian, Labour Councillor, magistrate and alderman. (google book)
female Labour mayor in the West Midlands (https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/04/twin-cities-coventry-stalingrad-war)
Life
Emily Smith was born Emily Parker in Dudley Hill and Tong, Bradford. (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/How_a_City_Grows_Historical_Notes_on_the/QGSAAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22emily%20smith%22%20coventry)
Smith moved to Coventry from Bradford in 1915. She brought up her children by herself after her husband’s death four years later. (google book https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_History_of_Women_s_Lives_in_Coventry/nAXMDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
In 1933 Smith argued against the requirement for women officers in Coventry City Council to resign upon marriage. (Google book)
On 9 November 1942 Smith was elected Mayor of Coventry. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/How_a_City_Grows_Historical_Notes_on_the/QGSAAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22emily+smith%22+coventry+dates&dq=%22emily+smith%22+coventry+dates&printsec=frontcover
Mayor of Coventry
“for it to be possible for a working woman to become mayor of this ancient city [...] speaks highly for our democracy.” (Google book)
On Tuesday 23rd February 1943 Alderman Emily Smith, J.P. the Worshipful the Mayor of Coventry, formally opened Canley Garden Cemetery and Crematorium. (https://www.coventry.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/33923/canley_cemetery_and_crematorium_general_information.pdf)
At the end of her mayoral year, Smith said that “All I wanted to be [was] a good mother to the citizens”. (Google book)
Twinning
During the Battle of Stalingrad, 900 Coventry women signed their names on a tablecloth which was sent with a message of sympathy to the women of Stalingrad. This effort was led by Alderman Emily Smith, the then Mayor of Coventry. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ces/research/current/twinning/whowith/volg/
The message was “Little help is better than big sympathy.” (Guardian article)
The names were embroidered by Mrs May Adams over the course of the next two years (https://www.talkingbirds.co.uk/pages/twinstory.asp)
in 1944 an official “bond of friendship” was created between the two cities (Guardian article)
Photograph
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205230092
References
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- ^ "Historic Coventry - List of Mayors & Lord Mayors". www.historiccoventry.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ Broughton, John (2008). Wikipedia : the missing manual (1st ed.). Beijing: O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-51516-4. OCLC 191883897.