About Ann Eliza Longden
Lived 1869 – 1952 (aged 82–83). Ann Eliza Longden was a politician.
Ann Eliza Longden (1869 – 12 August 1952) was a British politician, the first woman to serve as Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
Living at Wadsley Grove, Longden joined the Conservative Party, and in 1904 she stood unsuccessfully to become a Poor Law Guardian in Hillsborough. Her husband died in 1922, after which she took over as managing director of his business, the Longden Timber Company.
In 1936/37, Longden served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield, the first woman to hold the position. Her daughter Mary served as her Lady Mayoress. Her son John also became a councillor, and served as Lord Mayor in his own right at the end of the decade.
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