Nellie Beer

Nellie Beer, OBE, JP (née Robinson; 22 April 1900 – 17 September 1988), was a Conservative member of Manchester City Council from 1937 to 1972.^[1] She was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966 to 1967.^[2]

Her father died when she was three, and at 14 she worked in a blouse factory for 4 shillings a week.^[3] She went to night school and became a dress maker in a large Manchester store. She joined the Conservative Party during the 1914-8 war.^[4] She attended secondary school in Ardwick. In 1927 she married Robert Beer to whom she bore a daughter. She stood for Parliament in Manchester Ardwick unsuccessfully in 1945.^[3] She was first Chairman of the Manchester Children's committee from 1948 to 1952 and continued as an active member of the committee. In June 1957 she was appointed an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.^[5] She was awarded the title of Honorary Freeman of Manchester in 1974.^[6]

References

1. "Women of History - B". A Bit of History. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
2. "The Lord Mayor's Office". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
3. "Mrs. Beer looks back and says simply: "I'm lucky"". Manchester Evening News. No. 24997. 13 July 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 21 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Holman, Bob (1996). The Corporate Parent. London: National Institute for Social Work. p. 14. ISBN 978-1899942091.
5. "No. 41089". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 4 June 1957. p. 3379.
6. "Who Has The Freedom Of MCR?". Manchester Confidential. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Bernard Sydney Langton	Lord Mayor of Manchester 1966–1967	Succeeded by Elizabeth Yarwood