Marjory Newbold

Marjory Newbold
Born
Marjory Neilson

25 May 1883
Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died15 November 1926
Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Burial placeBeith Cemetery
EducationGlasgow University
Occupationschool teacher
EmployerWishaw School
Organization(s)Scottish Socialist Teachers Society; Wishaw Housing Council; Hands Off Russia Committee; No-Conscription Fellowship
Known forsocialism and communism, social activism
Political partyIndependent Labour Party; Communist Party
Spouse(s)Walton Newbold, MP and communist

Marjory Newbold (25 May 1883 – 15 November 1926) was a leading Scottish socialist and communist, prominent in the Independent Labour Party[1] and in the 'Red Clydeside' movement demanding reforms for the working class.[2] Newbold organised pacifist and Marxist activism in 1917–1920s across the UK, and was one of the first British people to visit Russia after the revolution when she travelled incognito into Russia with delegates including Sylvia Pankhurst, to the Second World Congress of the Comintern (Communist International).[3]

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