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Damaris Parker Rhodes (1918 - 1986) was a Quaker activist and writer.

County Councillor
In September 1964, Damaris Parker-Rhodes was elected, unapposed, as a Labour County Councillor for Coleridge No.1 Electoral Division.of the Cambridgeshire and Ely County Council. She was re-elected Sept 1964 April 1967 and served as County Councillor until she stepped down at the April 1970 election. .

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
82 MARCHERS DISCHARGED Our Midlands Correspondent The Guardian (1959-2003); Jan 7, 1960; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) pg. 1 Mrs D M F Parker-Rhodes statement

Parental Family
She was the daughter and youngest child of Edward John Penberthy Magor (1874 - 1941) and Gilian Sarah Magor (born Westmacott) of Lamellen, Cornwall.

Her parents were Cornish County gentry. her father was a J.P. and a Lieutenant in the Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery. He also bred new varieties of rhododendron and is said to have been a Theosophist

Marriage and family
She married Frederick Parker-Rhodes, (A F Parker-Rhodes) a highly original scientist and mathematician. They had four children, Adam, Marcus <Marcus Parker-Rhodes is an animator His website is at http://www.animarcus.com/index.html, Simon and Oriole. Simon died at the age of 13

Early writings

 * Christianity and the social order - London, Quaker Home Service, 1954 (An address given at the Young Friends Conference at Sidcot School).

Autobiographical writings

 * Truth, a path and not a possession : a Quaker woman's journey, London, Quaker Home Service Committee, 1977. (Swarthmore Lecture 1977) ISBN 0852451245


 * The way out is the way in, London, Quaker Home Service, 1985. ISBN 0852451873

Articles in Friends Quarterly

 * Vol 24 Pt 5 January 1987 pp.242-9
 * Vol 23 Pt 11 July 1985 pp.501-505 "On being a Quaker Christian"
 * Vol 19 Pt 4 pp. 155-160
 * Vol 18 Pt 5 January 1974 pp. 210-214
 * Vol 18 Pt 2 April 1973 pp. 94-96
 * Vol 17 Pt 6 April 1972 pp. 281-285
 * Vol 17 Pt 3 July 1971 pp.130-135: "To be or not to be" (Topics: Suicide, Death, Euthanasia)
 * Vol 16 Pt 12 October 1970 pp. 596-602
 * Vol 16 Pt 9 Jan 1970 pp. 476-79

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