OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 21009, 25 January 1932, Page 9

OBITUARY

DR MARION PHILLIPS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 23. The death is announced of Dr Marion Phillips, aged fifty. [Dr Marion Phillips, D.Sc., who was born in Melbourne, was _ the chief woman officer of the British Labour Party. She was elected to the House of Commons for Sunderland in 1929, but was defeated at the elections ,m November of last year. She had been a member of many local and industrial bodies. She was unmarried. She was the author of a number of publications bearing on labour and economics.] LABOUR TRIBUTES. LONDON, January 24. (Received aJnuary 25, at 12.20 p.m.) Mr Arthur Henderson pays a tribute to Dr Marion Phillips’s striking intellectual xorce, powerful personality, and great industry. He said: “The women’s section of the Labour Party is a monument to her organising ability.” Mr G. Lansbury said: “Dr Phillips came to us from Australia, bringing new vigour into the women’s movement.” The ‘ Daily Herald,’ in an editorial headeu ‘ Marion,’ describes her as one of the gayest and most gallant fighters in the Labour movement.” She was filled with deep hatred of injustice, and had deep sympathy for suffering. Her tireless energy and splendid courage were infetcoius.”