Margaret Gibb

Margaret Hunter Gibb born Margaret Hunter Harrison (31 July 1892 – 27 January 1984) was a British political activist for the Labour Party in the North East of England.

Life Gibb was born in Dunston near Gateshead in 1892. Her parents were Susan (born Hunter) and William Harrison. Her father was a commercial traveller. In 1929 she became an elected politician when she was a successful candidate to serve on Sheffield City Council. She joined the Education committee but in 1930 she resigned to work again for the Labour Party. She became their organiser in Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire responsible for over eighty constituencies. She decided to concentrate on the role of women. Some women had the vote in 1918, but it was not until 1928 that all adult women had the vote in Britain. She organised education and social events intended to be of interest to women. Social events included dances, plays, sports events and whist drives, while the education included a week each year when lectures were offered.

Private life She married in 1923 to Tom Gibb. He died in 1927. They had no children.