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WOMEN MPs ELECTED 1918-1929
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Countess
Markievicz (Constance Markievicz)
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Date of Birth
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4 February 1868 (née Gore-Booth)
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Family
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Married 1900, one daughter
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Education
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Slade School, London; Paris
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Early career
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unknown
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Early political experience
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Irish revolutionary
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons 1918-1922 (ret.);
Dáil Éireann 1918-1922 (def.), 1923-27 (obit)
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Party
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Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil
(1926-)
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Constituency
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Dublin St Patrick’s; Dublin South
(1921-)
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Offices held
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Minister for Labour in first Irish
Government (1919-22)
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Other public offices
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President, Cumann na mBan (women's
IRA), 1914, honourary president Irish women workers' union (1917).
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Honours or titles
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Constance Markievicz
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Further reading
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Anne Marecco, The Rebel Countess:
The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz (1967); Diana Norman,
Terrible Beauty: A Life of Constance Markievicz. (1987);
Seán O'Faoláin, Constance Markievicz (1934).
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Death
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15 July 1927
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Viscountess
Astor
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Date of Birth
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19 May 1879 (née Langhorne)
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Family
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Married 1897 and divorced 1903 (one
son), remarried Waldorf Astor MP 1906 (five children)
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Education
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Mrs Brown's Academy for Young Ladies, New York
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Years in parliament
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1919-45 (ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Plymouth Sutton
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Honours or titles
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Viscountess Astor (1919-), CH (1937)
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Further reading
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Christopher Sykes, Nancy (1972);
Anthony Masters, Nancy Astor: A Life (1981).
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Death
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2 May 1964
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Margaret
Wintringham
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Date of Birth
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4 August 1879 (née Longbottom)
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Family
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Married Thomas Wintringham, future
MP (1903)
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Education
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Bedford Training College
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Early career
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headmistress, VAD at Louth Auxiliary
Hospital
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Early/other political experience
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Chair of Louth Women's Liberal Association
(1918-21); Lincolnshire County Council (1933)
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Years in parliament
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1921-24 (def.)
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Other campaigns
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Contested Louth (1929), Aylesbury
(1935)
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Party
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Liberal
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Constituency
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Louth
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Other public offices
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President of Women's National Liberal
Federation
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Death
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10 March 1955
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Mabel
Philipson
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Date of Birth
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1 January 1887
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Family
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married and widowed 1911, remarried
Hilton Philipson, future MP 1917 (three children)
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Education
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None
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Early career
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Stage actress
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Early political experience
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None
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Years in parliament
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1923-29 (ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
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Further reading
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John Sleight, Women on the March
(1986)
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Death
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8 January 1951
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Duchess
of Atholl (Katharine Stewart-Murray)
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Date of Birth
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6 November 1874 (née Ramsay)
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Family
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Married John, Duke of Atholl, sometime
MP (1899), no children
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Education
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Wimbledon High School, London; Royal
College of Music
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Early career
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Various boards and commissions in
Scotland
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Early political experience
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None
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Years in parliament
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1923-38 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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West Perth and Kinross
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Offices held
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Board
of Education (1924-29)
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Other public offices
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founder and chairman of British League
for European Freedom (1945-)
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Honours or titles
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DBE (1918)
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Further reading
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Women and Politics (1931),
Working Partnership (1958); S.J. Hetherington, Katharine
Atholl: Against the Tide (1989)
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Death
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21 October 1960
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Margaret
Bondfield
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Date of Birth
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17 March 1873
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Chard elementary school, Carrd, Somerset
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Early career
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shop assistant, trade unionist and
labour leader
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Other campaigns
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Contested Northampton (1920, 1922),
Wallsend (1935)
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Years in parliament
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1923-24 (def.), 1926-31 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Northampton; Wallsend (1926-)
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Offices held
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Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry
of Labour (1924); Minister of Labour (1929-31)
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Other public offices
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TUC General Council (1918-24, 1926-29);
Chairman of Women’s Group on Public Welfare (1939-49)
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Honours or titles
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CH (1948)
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Further reading
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A Life’s Work (1949); Edith
Picton-Turberville, Margaret Bondfield (1924); John Sleight,
Women on the March (1986); Dictionary of Labour
Biography, volume II (1974).
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Death
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16 June 1953
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Dorothy
Jewson
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Date of Birth
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17 August 1884
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Family
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Married R. Tanner Smith (1936), widowed
and remarried Campbell Stephen MP (1945)
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Education
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Girton College, Cambridge
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Early career
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teacher, union organizer
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Early political experience and
other campaigns
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suffragette, contested Norwich (1929,
1931)
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Years in parliament
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1923-24 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Norwich
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Other public offices
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Norwich City Council (1927-36)
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Further reading
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Dictionary of Labour Biography,
volume V (1979)
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Death
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29 February 1964
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Susan
Lawrence
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Date of Birth
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12 August 1871
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Newnham College, Cambridge
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Early career
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school manager, organiser for National
Federation of Women Workers
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Early political experience
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London School Board (1900); London
County Council (1910-12 as Conservative, 1913-27 as Labour); Poplar
Borough Council (1919-24); contested Camberwell (1920)
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Years in parliament
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1923-31 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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East Ham
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Offices held
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PPS to President of the Board of Education
(1924); Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (1929-31)
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Other public offices
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Deputy Chairman LCC (1925-26), NEC
(-41), Labour Party Chairman (1930)
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Further reading
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Dictionary of Labour Biography,
volume III (1976)
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Death
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25 October 1947
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Lady
Terrington (Vera Woodhouse)
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Date of Birth
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1889 (née Bousher)
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Family
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Married Ivo Sebright (1912), divorced
and remarried Harold Selborne (1918), divorced 1926 and remarried
Max Lensveld (1949)
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Education
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Unknown
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Early career
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None
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Early political experience
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Contested Wycombe (1922)
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Years in parliament
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1923-24 (def.)
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Party
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Liberal
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Constituency
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Wycombe
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Honours or titles
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Lady Terrington (1921-)
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Death
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19 May 1973
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Ellen Wilkinson
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Date of Birth
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8 October 1891
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Manchester
University
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Early career
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National organiser,
National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (1915)
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Early political
experience
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NUWSS organiser
(1913); Manchester City Council (1923-26); contested Ashton-under-Lyne
(1923)
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Years in parliament
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1924-31 (def.),
1935-47 (obit)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Middlesbrough
East, Jarrow (1935-)
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Offices held
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PPS to Parliamentary
Secretary to the Ministry of Health (1929-31); Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry of Pensions (1940); Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry
of Home Security (1940-45); Minister of Education (1945-47)
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Further reading
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John Sleight,
Women on the March (1986)
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Death
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6 February
1947
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Countess
of Iveagh (Gwendolen Guinness)
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Date of Birth
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1881 (née Onslow)
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Family
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Daughter of Lord Onslow, married Rupert
Guinness, future MP (1903), three daughters; mother-in-law of Henry
Channon MP
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Education
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New Zealand
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Early career
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secretary to her father
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Early political experience
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Chair of Women's Advisory Committee
of Conservative Central Office (1918- ); Women's Unionist Organization
(1925- ); campaigned for husband
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Years in parliament
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1927-35 (ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Southend-on-Sea
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Other public offices
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founded Overseas Training School for women emigrating
to Empire
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Honours or titles
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Lady Elveden (1919-27), Countess of
Iveagh (1927-), CBE (1920)
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Death
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16 February 1966
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Hilda
Runciman
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Date of Birth
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1869 (née Stevenson)
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Family
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daughter of James Stevenson MP, married
Walter Runciman, future MP (1898), five children
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Education
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Girton College, Cambridge
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Early career
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Northumberland County Education Committee
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Years in parliament
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1928-29 (def. in new constituency)
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Other campaigns
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Contested Tavistock (1929)
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Party
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Liberal
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Constituency
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St Ives
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Other public offices
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JP
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Honours or titles
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Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (1937-)
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Further reading
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John Sleight, Women on the March (1986)
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Death
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28 October 1956
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Ruth
Dalton
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Date of Birth
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1890
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Family
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Married to Hugh Dalton MP (1914),
one daughter
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Education
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London School of Economics
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Early career
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Local government
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Early political experience
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London County Council (1925-31, alderman
1936-42); Chairman of Parks Committee
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Years in parliament
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February to May 1929 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Bishop Auckland
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Other public offices
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Arts Council (1957-62), Royal Ballet
Board of Governors
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Honours or titles
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Lady Dalton (1960-)
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Further reading
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John Sleight, Women on the March
(1986)
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Death
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16 March 1966
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Jennie
Lee (Baroness Lee of Asheridge)
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Date of Birth
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3 November 1904
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Family
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Married Aneuran Bevan MP (1934),
no children
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Education
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University of Edinburgh
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Early career
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Writer, lecturer
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Years in parliament
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Commons: 1929-31 (def.), 1945-70
(def.); Lords: 1970-86
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Party
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Labour
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Other campaigns
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Contested Lanarkshire North (1935),
Bristol Central (1943)
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Constituency
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Lanarkshire North, Cannock (1945-)
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Offices held
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Joint
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Public Building & Works
(1964-65), Minister for the Arts (1964-70), Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Education & Science (1965-67) Minister of State,
Department of Education & Science (1967-70)
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Other public offices
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Labour
Party NEC (1958-70, chair 1967-68)
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Honours or titles
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life peerage (1970)
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Further reading
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This Great Journey (1963);
Patricia Hollis, Jennie Lee: A Life (1997).
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Death
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16 November 1986
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Ethel Bentham
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Date of Birth
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5 January 1861
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Alexandra
School and College, Dublin; London School of Medicine for Women;
Rotunda Hospital
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Early career
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Medical doctor
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Early political
experience
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suffragist,
president Women's Labour League (1913), Kensington Borough Council
(13 years), contested Islington East (1922, 1923, 1924)
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Years in parliament
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1929-31 (obit)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Islington East
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Other public
offices
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JP (1918-31),
Labour Party NEC (1918-20, 1922-26, 1928-31)
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Death
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19 January
1931
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Mary
Agnes Hamilton
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Date of Birth
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8 July 1884 (née Adamson)
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Family
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Married with children
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Education
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Newnham College, Cambridge
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Early career
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Journalist
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Early political experience
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London County Council
(1937-40); contested Rochester and Chatham (1923) and Blackburn
(1924)
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Years in parliament
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1929-31 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Blackburn
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Offices held
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PPS to Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster (1930-31), and Postmaster General (1931)
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Other public offices
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Delegate to League
of Nations (1929, 1930); Royal Commission on Civil Service (1929-31);
Governor of BBC (1933-37); co-opted member of LCC (1937-40)
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Honours or titles
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CBE (1949)
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Further reading
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Remembering my Good Friends (1944),
Uphill All the Way (1953), Dictionary of Labour Biography,
volume V (1979)
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Death
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10 February 1966
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Megan
Lloyd George
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Date of Birth
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22 April 1902
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Family
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Daughter of David Lloyd George MP
and sister of Gwylim Lloyd George MP; unmarried
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Education
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Garratt's Hall, Barnstead; Paris
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Years in parliament
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1929-51 (def.), 1959-66 (obit)
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Party
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Liberal, Labour (1959-)
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Constituency
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Anglesey, Carmarthen (1959-)
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Offices held
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Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Liberal
Party (1949-51)
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Other public offices
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JP, President of Parliament for Wales campaign,
Women's National Liberal Federation
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Honours or titles
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Lady Megan Lloyd George (1945-); CH
(1966)
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Death
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14 May 1966
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Cynthia
Mosley
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Date of Birth
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23 August 1898 (née Curzon)
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Family
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Daughter of Lord Curzon, wife of Sir
Oswald Mosley MP (three children), sister of Baroness Ravensdale
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Education
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The Links, Eastbourne
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Early career
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Social worker
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Years in parliament
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1929-31 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour, New Party (1931)
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Constituency
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Honours or titles
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Lady Mosley (1928-)
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Further reading
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Nicholas Mosley, The Rules of the
Game (1982); Anne de Courcy, The Viceroy’s Daughters
(2000).
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Death
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16 May 1933
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Marion
Phillips
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Date of Birth
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29 October 1881
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Melbourne University, London School of Economics
(D.Sc.)
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Early career
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researcher, lecturer
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Early political experience
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suffragist, Kensington Borough Council;
Labour Party Chief Women’s Officer
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Years in parliament
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1929-31 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Sunderland
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Further reading
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Dictionary of Labour Biography,
volume V (1979)
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Death
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23 January 1932
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Edith
Picton-Turberville
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Date of Birth
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13 June 1872
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Royal School, Bath
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Early career
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Author and writer, social work, YWCA
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Early political experience
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Contested Islington North (1922),
Stroud (1924)
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Years in parliament
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1929-31 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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The Wrekin
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Other public offices
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Vice President of YWCA (1914-20,
1922-28)
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Honours or titles
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OBE (1918)
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Further reading
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Life Is Good (1939), Dictionary
of Labour Biography, volume IV (1977)
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Death
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31 August 1960
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Eleanor
Rathbone
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Date of Birth
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12 May 1872
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Family
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Daughter of William Rathbone MP; unmarried
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Education
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University of Liverpool; Somerville College, Oxford
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Early career
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President of National Union of Societies
for Equal Citizenship (1919-29)
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Early political experience
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Suffragist; first woman member of
Liverpool City Council (1909-34); contested East Toxteth (1922)
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Years in parliament
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1929-46 (obit)
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Party
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Independent
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Constituency
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Combined English Universities
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Other public offices
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JP
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Further reading
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Mary Stocks, Eleanor Rathbone
(1949).
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Death
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2 January 1946
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