In 1921, she was one of five women on Poplar Council who, along with their male colleagues including her father-in-law George Lansbury, were jailed for six weeks for refusing to levy full rates in the poverty-stricken area.
She was among a group of five women on Poplar Council in 1921 who, together with their male colleagues and her husband's uncle George Lansbury, faced six-week imprisonment for refusing to collect full taxes in a poverty-stricken area.