Ruth Uzzell

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.