# Ada Maddocks

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**Ada Maddocks** (22 September 1927–7 March 2007) was a [British](/source/British_people) [trade union](/source/Trade_union) official.

Born in [Felixstowe](/source/Felixstowe), Maddocks grew up in [Walthamstow](/source/Walthamstow) and was educated at [Walthamstow High School](/source/Walthamstow_School_for_Girls) before working in a laboratory for the [Co-operative Wholesale Society](/source/Co-operative_Wholesale_Society). She became active in the co-operative movement, then began working for the [National and Local Government Officers Association](/source/National_and_Local_Government_Officers_Association) in 1961. In 1976, she assumed lead responsibility for health service employees in the union, and was elected to one of two women-only seats on the General Council of the [Trades Union Congress](/source/Trades_Union_Congress). She was awarded an [OBE](/source/OBE) in 1982, and served as [President of the Trades Union Congress](/source/President_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress) in 1990, actively supporting the ambulance workers' strike. She retired in 1992.[1]

## References

1. [Dave Prentis](/source/Dave_Prentis), "[Obituary: Ada Maddocks](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/mar/26/health.politics)", *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, 26 March 2007

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