Ada Jane Summers MBE JP
(1861-1944)
woman, first woman to adjudicate on an English Bench, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st Tameside woman councillor, magistrate (from 1919), 1st woman Mayor of Stalybridge (from 1919), Justice of the Peace (from 1920), and honourable freeman (from 1939)
Died aged c. 83
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Ada Jane Summers MBE, JP (1861-1944) First woman councillor in Tameside and elected first Woman Mayor of Stalybridge in November 1919 A month later Mrs Summers was sworn in as a magistrate, becoming the first woman to adjudicate on an English Bench. In October 1920 she was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Boroughs' magisterial duties. Known locally as "The Lady Bountiful", Mrs Summers had many interested and was president of a variety of groups and societies. Her admirable work for the town gained her an MBE On May 31st 1939, the town council made her an honourable freeman on the Borough
Civic Hall, Stalybridge, United Kingdom where they was