From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frances Josephy
Frances Josephy
Frances Louise Josephy (1900–1985) was a British Liberal She died in 1985.
politician, active in pro-European politics.
Born in 1900, she was educated at Seymour Lodge
School, Dundee, before going on to St. Andrew’s Univer-
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sity and Newnham College, Cambridge. She joined the • Catalogue of the Frances Josephy papers held at LSE
National League of Young Liberals in 1924, and became Archives
their Honorary Secretary, Vice-Chairman and President Persondata
in 1939. She was a Liberal parliamentary candidate six Name Josephy, Frances
times: at Winchester in 1929, Basingstoke in 1931, De-
vizes in 1935 and 1945, and Cambridge in 1950 and 1951. Alternative names
She served as Chairman of the Federal Union in Short description
1941-5, and also edited the group’s paper, Federal News, Date of birth 1900
from 1944-6. She was also a member of the European
Place of birth
Union of Federalists’ central committee from 1946 until
her death. In the early 1940s, she was an advocate of glob- Date of death 1984
al federalism.[1] Place of death
From the mid-1950s, she worked as a reviser for the
Assembly of Western European Union in Paris for nine
years.
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Categories:
• 1900 births
• 1984 deaths
• Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
• Liberal Party (UK) politicians
• People from Dundee
• Scottish politicians
• Alumni of the University of St Andrews
• Pro-Europeanism
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