Lena
May was born
in Yorkley, Gloucestershire, in 1915. Educated at Southgate County
School. During the Second World War she worked
for the Ministry of Information and was assistant editor of British
Ally, a newspaper published by the British government for
distribution in the Soviet Union.
Lena married
Santo
Jeger in
1948. A member of the Labour Party, she
served on the St. Pancras Borough Council (1945-59) and the London
County Council (1952-55).
Jeger was
elected to represent Holborn and St. Pancras in the House
of Commons in November 1953. She held the seat until the 1959
General Election when she was defeated. Jeger was a staff reporter
on The Guardian until being elected
in the 1964 General Election.
After retiring
from parliament in 1979 she was created Baroness Jeger.
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