About Clarice Shaw
Lived 1883 – 1946 (aged 63). Clarice Shaw was a British politician.
Clarice Marion Shaw (née McNab; 22 October 1883 – 27 October 1946) was a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Early life Shaw grew up in a multi-generational household in Leith. She left school at fourteen and for nine years worked as a typist before becoming a Labour councillor on Leith School Board and later to its Town Council.
in 1918 she married Ben Shaw, the Scottish organiser for the Labour Party and moved to Ayrshire.
She opposed to conscription in WW1 and was national secretary of the Socialist Sunday Schools Association. Following her move to Ayrshire she was elected (top of the poll) to the Ayrshire Education Authority in the late 1920s.
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Who was Clarice Shaw?
British politician (1883-1946)
When was Clarice Shaw born?
Clarice Shaw was born on 22 October 1883 in Leith.
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Clarice Shaw died on 27 October 1946 in Troon.
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Clarice Shaw was a politician.
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Clarice Shaw was British.
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