Anna Mathew

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Anna Maria Mathew (1874 – 5 April 1948) was an Irish politician, who served on London County Council.

Born in Monasterevin, in Ireland as Anna Cassidy, she received a private education. In 1896, she married Charles James Mathew, who became a barrister and a Labour Party politician. Anna also joined the party, and became active in the National Union of Women Workers.{{cite book |last1=Harrison |first1=Elaine |title=Women members and witnesses on British Government ad hoc Committees of Inquiry 1850-1930, with special reference to Royal Commissions of Inquiry |date=1998 |publisher=London School of Economics |location=London |pages=316–317 |url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2609/1/U615558.pdf |accessdate=9 July 2019}}{{cite news |title=Obituary: Mr Charles James Mathew, KC, MP |work=The Times |date=10 January 1923}}

Charles died in 1923, and Anna was elected to replace him as an alderman on London County Council. At the 1925 London County Council election, she won a seat in Limehouse, and in 1933/34 she was deputy chair of the council. In 1924, she served on the Royal Commission on Lunacy Law.{{cite news |title=London County Council's new chairman |work=Manchester Guardian |date=8 March 1933}}

Mathew stood down from the council in 1937, and her health declined. She died in 1948, following a long illness.{{cite news |title=Deaths |work=The Times |date=7 April 1948}}