Margaret Howells (nee Kemp) was an Australian volunteer during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. In 1938 Margaret and her husband Arthur Fenton Howells (1907-1986), a labour and peace movement activist, visited Spain, returning to Australia to work for the Spanish Relief Committee. In 1967 Margaret Howells stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Monbulk at the Victorian state election. Margaret Howells worked as an English teacher.