Catherine Taylor (South African politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Catherine Taylor (South African politician)

South African politician

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1914

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1992

Profession: politician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Catherine Dorothea Taylor (4 February 1914 in Birmingham, England – 9 April 1992 in Cape Town) was a South African politician.
She was the Member of Parliament for Wynberg, Cape Town until she resigned from the United Party in 1974. Taylor was a United MP for Wynberg, 1953–74, Shadow Minister of Education 1971-74 and Shadow Secretary for Coloured Affairs 1972-74.
She also wrote an autobiography, "If Courage Goes". She was a daughter of Harold Stephen Sharpe an Anglican priest and archdeacon.
She read philosophy, languages, psychology and history at Bristol University. Taylor married Lance Gordon Taylor in Cape Town on 5 September 1939.
They had three sons.