Women of the Century Database Display

Surname	Emmett
Forename/s	Mercy E.
Other Names
Dates	(c1877 - 1961)

Biographical Notes	Founder of the Thornton Nursing Association. Born c1877. Died in 1961 in Thornton. Married Tom Emmett (Principal of T.C. Emmett Ltd. Portand Mills, Bradford). Mercy worked as a teacher before getting married and during the first World War she was the first woman in Bradford to go on the manufactur of munitions. She had a life-long interest in the welfare of the poor, aged and infirm. She represented Thornton on the Bradford Board of Gaurdians and founded the Thornton Nursing Association.
Sources Used	Telegraph and Argus 15/3/1961, 24/5/1962
Associated Places	Bradford