Eleanor Joan Nathan, Lady Nathan (1892–1972) was a British politician and member of the London County Council (LCC) from 1928 to 1934 for the Liberal Party and from 1937 to 1948 for the Labour Party, serving the last year as the council's chair.
[2][3] She took an honours degree in economics and mathematics and was a governor of the college.
[2] A well-known communal worker and expert in housing and juvenile delinquency, Nathan was first elected to the London County Council (LCC) for Bethnal Green North East as a Liberal Party candidate in 1928, receiving almost twice as many votes as any Labour candidate.
In 1937, Nathan returned to the council as a member for Wandsworth Central and served until 1948.
[1] She was a member of the education committees of the LCC and the Inner London Education Authority from 1939 to 1967[1] as well as a justice of the peace from 1928 and member of the Juvenile Court Panel.