Catherine Dorothea Taylor (4 February 1914 in
Birmingham
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,
England
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; 9 April 1992 in
Cape Town
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) was a South African politician. She was the Member of Parliament for
Wynberg, Cape Town
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, until she resigned from the
United Party in 1974.
Taylor was a United
MP for Wynberg from 1953–74, Shadow Minister of Education from 1971-74, and Shadow Secretary for Coloured Affairs from 1972–74. She also wrote an autobiography, "If Courage Goes".
She was the daughter of
Harold Stephen Sharpe, an Anglican priest and archdeacon. She studied philosophy, languages, psychology, and history at
Bristol University
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
, type ...
.
Taylor married Lance Gordon Taylor in Cape Town on 5 September, 1939. They had three sons.
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1914 births
1992 deaths
United Party (South Africa) politicians
Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa)
20th-century South African women politicians
20th-century South African politicians
British emigrants to South Africa
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