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Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown; 10 March 1861 – 13 February 1958) was an English author, historian and politician.
Florence Ada Keynes (de soltera Brown; 10 de marzo de 1861 - 13 de febrero de 1958) fue una autora, historiadora y política inglesa .
Her public career began in 1907 when she was elected a local poor-law guardian; she became chairman of the board in 1922. When in 1914 married women became eligible to serve as town and county councillors, Florence Keynes became the first woman councillor in Cambridge.
Su padre, John Nevile Keynes, enseñaba lógica y política económica en la Universidad de Cambridge. Su madre, Florence Ada Brown, fue una destacada escritora y una pionera de las reformas sociales.
2 de jul. de 2018 · The first woman to serve on the Cambridge Town Council, and at present the only woman to have been elected an alderman, Mrs Keynes filled the office of Mayor in 1932-33.”
a fondness for ceremonial and a weakness for Royalty. Florence Ada was the more forceful, active character. One of the first graduates of Newnham, the new women's college, she was heavily involved in good works, particularly as a member of the Charity Organisation Society. Through this, she became active in local politics, ending up as Mayor of ...
Cllr Florence Ada Keynes was one of the most pioneering women of the early-mid 20th Century in Cambridge. Students of economics may recognise her as the mother of John Maynard Keynes, the economist and former Treasury civil servant.
