Anne Bersey was born on 24th March, 1925. Educated at St. Paul's School
in Hammersmith, she served in the Women's
Royal Naval Service(1943-45).
Bersey
was also a member of the British Actors Equity Association. She joined
the Labour Party and was elected to the
London County Council. She was also active
in the Amnesty, Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Howard League for
Penal Reform. In 1960 she married fellow political activist, Russell
Kerr.
Kerr
was
elected to represent Rochester in the 1964 General
Election. In the House of Commons Kerr
associated with a group of left-wing members that included Konni
Zilliacus,
Ian Mikardo, Barbara
Castle, Sydney
Silverman, Geoffrey Bing and Emrys
Hughes.
In
1965 Kerr joined Michael Foot, Konni
Zilliacus,
William Warbey, Russell
Kerr, Stan Newens, Norman
Atkinson, John Mendelson and Sydney
Silverman in protesting against American intervention in Vietnam.
However, Kerr and her friends were unable to persuade the Labour prime
minister, Harold
Wilson,
to condemn US policy on Vietnam.
Anne
Kerr died on 29th July, 1973.
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