About Ruth Uzzell
Lived 1880 – 1945 (aged 65). Ruth Uzzell was a trade unionist.
Ruth Uzzell (née Freeman; 7 October 1880 – 2 November 1945) was a British trade unionist, speaker, and member of the executive committee of the National Union of Agricultural Workers. She has been described as "one of the many gifted working-class women who found in the Labour Movement a way to selfless and unswerving service to their class", becoming a well-known speaker throughout England and Wales. She was the first Labour woman elected to Oxford City Council.
Early life Ruth Freeman was born in Tysoe, Warwickshire, into a family of agricultural workers and union members. Ruth married Harry Charles Uzzell in 1903.
Death Uzzell stood down from the NUAW's executive committee in 1945, as a result of ill health, and died the same year.
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Who was Ruth Uzzell?
British trade unionist
When was Ruth Uzzell born?
Ruth Uzzell was born on 7 October 1880.
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Ruth Uzzell died on 2 November 1945.
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Ruth Uzzell was a trade unionist.
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