About Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Patricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, PC, DL (née Wells; 24 May 1941 – 13 October 2018) was a historian and a Labour member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. == Biography == === Early life and education === Hollis was educated at Plympton Grammar School, at Girton College, Cambridge (BA), the University of California and Columbia University (both where she was Harkness Fellow from 1962 to 1964), and at Nuffield College, Oxford (MA, DPhil). While in the United States, Hollis was active in the civil rights movement, picketing segregated restaurants and helping hold voter registration drives in Mississippi. She was married to Martin Hollis, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia from 1965 until his death in 1998: they had two sons. === Academic career === She was a lecturer in modern history, reader and Dean at the University of East Anglia in Norwich from 1967 until 1990. Amongst her academic publications was Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865–1914, about the work of the Women's Local Government Society. She became Patron of this society when it was re-formed. She served as a National Commissioner for English Heritage from 1988 until 1991. === Political life === Patricia Hollis contested the Great Yarmouth constituency for Labour at the February 1974 general election, the October 1974 election and at the 1979 general election. She became involved in local politics early in her career, serving on Norwich City Council from 1968 to 1991, and as Leader of the Council from 1983 to 1988.
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