# Rose Smith

Rosina Smith (10 May 1891 – 23 July 1985) was a British communist activist, educator and union organizer. == Early life == Born Rosina Ellis in Putney in London, Smith moved with her family first to Clay Cross and then Chesterfield in Derbyshire, where she won a scholarship to attend secondary school. She then became a pupil teacher and, in 1909, qualified as an infant school teacher.Smith joined the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in about 1910 and, the following year, attended a course on political science run by the Workers Educational Association (WEA).