Mary Whitehouse

Mary Whitehouse (June 13, 1910 – November 23, 2001) was a British campaigner for traditional morals and decency, particularly in television and radio. She was founder and first president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association.

Early life

Mary Whitehouse was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire on June 13 1910 and was educated at a grammar school in Chester. She went on to do teacher-training at the county college, specialising in art. Her first teaching job was in Wednesfield, Staffordshire. She joined the Oxford Movement (later Moral Rearmament) in the 1930s. At MRA meetings she met Ernest Whitehouse, and they married in 1940.

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Nuneaton - Warwickshire - June 13 - 1910 - Grammar school - Chester - Oxford Movement - Moral Rearmament

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While a teacher at Madeley school in Shropshire she became concerned at what she perceived as the declining moral standards in Britain, of the media, and especially of the BBC.

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Shropshire - BBC

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