Julia Scurr

Julia Scurr (née Sullivan; 17 February 1871 – 10 April 1927) was a British politician.

Born in Limehouse in the East End of London, she married John Scurr in 1900. She became a prominent activist for working women in the East End, and was the main organiser of a large demonstration against unemployment in 1905, following which she met the Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour. In 1907, she was elected to the Poplar Board of Guardians, representing the Labour Party.

An associate of Sylvia Pankhurst, Scurr joined her East London Federation of Suffragettes, but during 1914 she switched her primary activism to the new United Suffragists, and was elected as one of its vice-presidents. She opposed British involvement in World War I, but served on a food control committee during the conflict. In 1919, she was elected to Poplar Borough Council, playing a leading role in the Poplar Rates Rebellion of 1921, and served as Mayor of Poplar in 1923/4.

Scurr was elected to London County Council, representing Mile End, in 1925, but resigned early the following year. She died in April 1927.

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