Minnie Lansbury
Minnie Lansbury | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson of the East London Federation of Suffragettes | |
| In office 1915–1922 | |
| Alderman of Poplar, East London | |
| In office 1919–1922 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Minnie Glassman c. 1889 Stepney, London, England |
| Died | 1 January 1922 London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Edgar Lansbury (m. 1914) |
| Occupation | Politician, suffragette |
Minnie Lansbury (née Glassman; 1889 – 1 January 1922) was an English suffragette and the first female alderman on the first Labour-led council in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, England. She died after contracting pneumonia while imprisoned for refusing to levy full rates in Poplar.