Marie Corbett (née Gray; 30 April 1859 – 28 March 1932)[1] was an English suffragist, local government worker and supporter of the Liberal Party.
[1] Marie Corbett shared her parents' and her husband's politics and was a stalwart member of the Women's Liberal Federation (WLF).
Like her husband and her famous daughter, Marie Corbett was more radical on women's suffrage issues than the mainstream WLF.
[5] The Corbett family's opinions and campaigning on the question of votes for women often attracted hostility in the traditionally conservative area of East Grinstead.
[6] Marie and her two feminist daughters were among those such as Helen MacRae, Lilla Durham, and Mary Sackville who founded the East Grinstead Suffrage Society associated with the Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes and often made public speeches on the subject of women's rights in East Grinstead High Street.
This may have been one factor in Charles Corbett's loss of his seat in the January 1910 general election where the Tory candidate was said to have inflicted a crushing defeat.