Marjorie Pollitt

{{Short description|British teacher and communist activist}}

Marjorie Pollitt, born Marjorie Brewer (1902–1991) was a British teacher and communist activist.

Marjorie Brewer was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1920. In 1925 she married Harry Pollitt.Matthew R. Kavanagh, [https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/54578296/FULL_TEXT.PDF British Communism and the Politics of Education, 1926–1968], PhD thesis, University of Manchester, 2015, pp.11, 30 During the 1926 General Strike she was arrested and charged with sedition for distributing The Workers Bulletin, a Communist newsletter. Fined £50, she was dismissed from her teaching post, and risked having her teaching certificate suspended.{{cite book|last=Rowbotham|first=Sheila|authorlink=Sheila Rowbotham|title=Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women's Oppression and the Fight Agai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xnXJUO6IG80C&pg=PA132|year=1977|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0-904383-56-0|page=132}}

In the 1950 general election she unsuccessfully contested Hendon North for the Communist Party.'Obituary. Mr. Harry Pollitt: Communism in Britain', The Times, 28 June 1960, p.15