Leah Manning

Dame Leah Manning DBE
Member of Parliament for Epping
In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Winston Churchill
Succeeded by	Nigel Davies
Member of Parliament for Islington East
In office 20 February 1931 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by	Ethel Bentham
Succeeded by	Thelma Cazalet-Keir
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Leah Perrett (1886-05-28)28 May 1886 Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
Died	15 September 1977(1977-09-15) (aged 91) Elstree, Hertfordshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	William Henry Manning
Alma mater	Homerton College, Cambridge

Elizabeth Leah Manning DBE (née Perrett; 14 April 1886 – 15 September 1977) was a British educationalist, social reformer, and Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1930s and 1940s. She organised the evacuation of orphaned or at risk Basque children during the Spanish Civil War.^[1]