Monica Felton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Monica Felton

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1906

Place of Birth: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1970

Profession: feminist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Monica Felton (1906 – March 1970) was a British writer, town planner, feminist and social activist, a member of the Labour Party.Felton was brought up in a staunch Primitive Methodists household.
Her mother Una Page (née Bone) wrote temperance hymns, and her father was a Primitive Methodist minister.
She studied at the University of Southampton and was later awarded a PhD at the London School of Economics; she was later appointed to its board of governors. In 1937 Felton was elected to the London County Council as a Labour Party councillor representing St Pancras South West, holding the seat until 1946.From 1947 to 1951, she served as the first Chairman of the Corporation for the construction of the new town of Stevenage.