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In
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William Redpath Kinleyside. Nevertheless, Watson's United Federal Party lost power that election to Rhodesian Front, who gained a solid majority of 35 seats, compared to the UFP's 29.
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with a "white woman or girl." Watson, the sole woman MP, complained that "this Act an unwarranted act of paternalism by a largely male
Parliament against the European women of this country."
322:, placing second out of three candidates. She went up against Pain in the second count, winning with 52% of the vote. This made her the second woman ever elected to Parliament (the first,
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to be applied equally regardless of race. She also continued her advocacy for birth control and women's autonomy. In 1963, she opposed legislation that banned "any native" from having
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in 1958, she was the second woman ever elected to
Parliament. She was reelected in 1962 but opted not to run for reelection in 1965. A member of the
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advocate and the vice-chair of the
Bulawayo Family Planning Association. In 1955, the association opened the first
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who served as a cabinet minister of the portfolios of Health, Education, and
Transport in the
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and other moderates who opposed the
Rhodesian Front agenda and the looming possibility of
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On 10 November 1945, she married Robert France Watson, a South
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clinic for whites in Bulawayo in the Margaret Roe Child Welfare Centre.
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After the United Federal Party dissolved in 1963, Watson joined the
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283:. She became a housewife and they had one son and two daughters.
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228:, she was a moderate who opposed the conservative agenda of the
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Science, University of Rhodesia Dept of Political (1963).
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Maureen Thelma Eastwood was born on 15 September 1925 in
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Members of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia
248:. Her parents were Elizabeth "Bessie" (née Dempsey), a
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A Pride of Eagles: A History of the Rhodesian Air Force
365:. In the late 1960s, she served on the board of the
1017:Library, Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) National Free (1968).
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735:. Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 1959. p. 1065.
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216:advocate before entering politics. Elected to the
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256:. Her father was a businessman and Member of the
326:, was elected in 1923). Watson was reelected in
967:Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Newsletter
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1117:Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
252:native, and William Hives Eastwood, born in
197:; 15 September 1925 – 29 August 1994) was a
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505:1958 Southern Rhodesian general election
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1035:Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
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312:Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
291:Before entering politics, Watson was a
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1092:20th-century Zimbabwean politicians
1050:Member of Parliament for Hillside
778:. Helion and Company. p. 77.
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1006:. Africana. 1964. p. 522.
310:candidate, was elected to the
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941:Profiles of Rhodesia's Women
886:Who's who of Southern Africa
732:Who's who of Southern Africa
180:Elizabeth (Dempsey) Eastwood
1053:1958 – 1965
661:William Redpath Kinleyside
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1147:Rhodesia Party politicians
984:Franck, Thomas M. (1963).
507:: Hillside (Second count)
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1102:Birth control activists
1059:Dennis Fawcett Phillips
372:Maureen Watson died of
89:Maureen Thelma Eastwood
70:Dennis Fawcett Phillips
1162:White Rhodesian people
824:Steinberg, S. (1962).
640:Maureen Thelma Watson
538:Maureen Thelma Watson
441:Maureen Thelma Watson
178:William Hives Eastwood
1152:Rhodesian politicians
1107:Deaths from emphysema
287:Politics and activism
236:Early life and family
191:Maureen Thelma Watson
22:Maureen Thelma Watson
1127:People from Bulawayo
772:Salt, Beryl (2015).
308:United Federal Party
222:United Federal Party
150:Robert France Watson
129:United Federal Party
1132:Rhodesian activists
1023:Government Printer.
928:. 1999. p. 31.
800:"Rhodesian Leaders"
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281:Rhodesian Railways
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617:Candidate
515:Candidate
396:Candidate
318:incumbent
674:Majority
575:Majority
474:Majority
374:emphysema
210:housewife
199:Rhodesian
175:Parent(s)
43:In office
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242:Bulawayo
206:Bulawayo
195:Eastwood
119:Zimbabwe
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