Leah Manning
(1886-1977)

woman, teacher, campaigner for children's welfare, and campaigner for women's rights

Died aged 91

Dame Elizabeth Leah Manning DBE (née Perrett; 14 April 1886 – 15 September 1977) was a British educationalist, social reformer, and Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1930s and 1940s. She organised the evacuation of orphaned or at risk Basque children during the Spanish Civil War.

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Dame Leah Manning 1886-1977 Campaigner for children's welfare and women's rights. Trained as a teacher at Homerton College. Taught here, formerly New Street Ragged School

Anglia Ruskin University, Epping, United Kingdom where they taught