About Kathleen Lower
Lived 1905 – 1995 (aged 89–90). Kathleen Lower was a politician.
Florence Kathleen Lower (10 July 1905 – 21 June 1995) was Lord Mayor of Oxford in 1965–66. Lower was the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Oxford.
Early life Florence Kathleen (known as Kathleen, and, informally, Kitty) Coppard was born in Brighton in 1905 to James Coppard & his wife Florence (née Ranger).
Alderman and Lord Mayor Lower was a Labour Alderman, and was the first woman to be elected Lord Mayor for the year 1965–66. Four women had previously been Mayors of Oxford, before the office was raised to that of Lord Mayor in 1962. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1966 New Year Honours.
Personal life Lower married Marcus Lower (1900–1986) in 1929. They had one son, Alan.
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Who was Kathleen Lower?
British politician and first woman Lord Mayor of Oxford
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Kathleen Lower was born in 1905.
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Kathleen Lower died in 1995.
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Kathleen Lower was a politician.
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