Margaret Hewitt (25 October 1928 – 7 June 1991) was a British sociologist and academic, who was an active laywoman in the Church of England.
A traditionalist, she was active in opposing the ordination of women and in promoting the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
[2][3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The effect of married women's employment in the cotton textile districts on the organisation and structure of the home in Lancashire, 1840-1880".
[4] In 1952, Hewitt was appointed an assistant lecturer in sociology at the University College of the South West.
[1] Hewitt was a devout Anglican Christian, and belonged to the Prayer Book Catholic wing of the Church of England.
[1] In 1961, she was elected to the House of Laity of the Church Assembly,[3] and became a leading member of the "Catholic Group".
[1] She also argued that as a priest acted In persona Christi, this role could not be filled by a woman because Jesus was a man.