Dorothy Thurtle | |
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 Official portrait as Mayor of Shoreditch | |
| Born | Dorothy Lansbury 15 November 1890 Bow, East London, England |
| Died | 28 February 1973 (aged 82) St Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, social activist |
| Notable work | Abortion: right or wrong? (1940) |
Dorothy Thurtle (née Lansbury; 15 November 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a British women's right activist, a campaigner for contraceptive and abortion rights, and a Labour Party politician.[1]
- ^ Brooke, Stephen (3 January 2008). "Thurtle [née Lansbury], Dorothy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69843.