Elizabeth Jacobs (born 1900) was a medical doctor and politician. Jacobs was educated at Highbury School,

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, and St Mary's Hospital in

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. She qualified as a doctor in 1925, and married fellow doctor Lawrence Jacobs soon after. She spent a period working as a clinical assistant at the

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, then set up a general practice on Church Street in

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. Jacobs joined the Labour Party, and won a seat on

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. She stood in the

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and

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s in

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, but was not elected. She also stood in the

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and

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and

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s in the equivalent seat, again without success. In 1952, Jacobs' son, Leonard, joined her at the practice, and in 1964 her daughter, Anne, also joined. She stood down as a local councillor in 1962, becoming an

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, and in 1964/65 she served as the last Deputy Mayor of St Marylebone. She retired in 1973, spending her time campaigning for improvements to local housing. In 1992, Illtyd Harrington described Jacobs as "one of three outstanding women in the St Marylebone Labour Party... heprobably wrote the rules for NHS group practice".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Elizabeth 1900 births Year of death missing Alumni of King's College London Alumni of St Mary's Hospital Medical School Councillors in Greater London 20th-century English medical doctors Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Women councillors in England