Dame Ethel May Wormald DBE (née Robinson; born 19 November 1901 – died 23 February 1993) was a British politician, educationist and social activist.
She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her efforts.
[1] She was involved the Personal Aid Society and the Socialist Educational Association.
until 1968, chairing the Education Committee from 1955–61, and from 1963–67, when she became the second woman ever to be named as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
[1] She became a member of the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board and, while a member, fought to create a centre for mentally ill patients who were released from local hospitals without options.