Leah Manning

Dame Leah Manning
Member of Parliament for Epping
In office
5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950
Preceded byWinston Churchill
Succeeded byNigel Davies
Member of Parliament for Islington East
In office
20 February 1931 – 27 October 1931
Preceded byEthel Bentham
Succeeded byThelma Cazalet-Keir
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Leah Perrett

(1886-05-28)28 May 1886
Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
Died15 September 1977(1977-09-15) (aged 91)
Elstree, Hertfordshire
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseWilliam Henry Manning
Alma materHomerton College, Cambridge

Elizabeth Leah Manning DBE (née Perrett; 14 April 1886 – 15 September 1977) was a British educationalist, social reformer, and Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1930s and 1940s. She organised the evacuation of orphaned or at risk Basque children during the Spanish Civil War.[1]

  1. ^ Basque Children of '37 Association, basquechildren.org; accessed 2 April 2014.