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WOMEN MPs ELECTED 1930s
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Lady Noel-Buxton (Lucy Noel Buxton)
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Date of Birth
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1888 (née
Pelham Burn)
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Family
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Married Noel
Buxton MP(1914), six children
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Education
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Westfield
College
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Early career
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Unknown
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Other campaigns
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contested
Norfolk North (1935)
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Years in parliament
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1930-31 (def.),
1945-50 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Norfolk North,
Norwich (1945-)
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Honours or
titles
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Lady Noel Buxton
(1930-)
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Death
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9 December
1960
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Leah
Manning
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Date of Birth
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1886 (née
Perett)
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Family
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Married (1914),
no children
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Education
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Homerton College,
Cambridge
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Early career
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Teacher and
union official
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Early political
experience
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National Party
office
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Years in parliament
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1931 (def.),
1945-50 (def.)
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Other campaigns
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Contested Sunderland
(1935), Epping (1951, 1955)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Islington East,
Epping (1945-)
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Other public
offices
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Organising
Secretary of National Union of Teachers, President of NUT (1929),
Labour NEC (1931-32)
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Honours or
titles
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DBE (1966)
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Further reading
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Manning,
A Life for Education (1970)
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Death
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15 September
1977
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Thelma Cazalet-Keir
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Date of Birth
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28 May 1899
(née Cazalet)
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Family
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Sister of Victor
Cazalet MP; married (1939), no children
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Education
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unknown
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Early career
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London County
Council (1925-31)
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Early political
experience
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East Islington
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Years in parliament
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1931-45 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Islington East
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Offices held
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PPS to the
Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Education (1937-40), Parliamentary
Secretary, Board of Education (1945)
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Other public
offices
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Committee of
Enquiry into Conditions in Women’s Services, Chair, Equal Pay Committee
(1947), Arts Council (1940-49)
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Honours or
titles
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CBE (1952)
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Further reading
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Cazalet-Keir,
From the Wings (1967); Dictionary of Labour Biography,
volume VII (1984)
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Death
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13 January
1989
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Ida Copeland
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Date of Birth
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c.1875
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Family
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Married
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Education
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unknown
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Early career
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unknown
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Years in parliament
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1931-35 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Offices held
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None
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Opposition
portfolios
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None
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Other public
offices
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International
Council of Girl Guides (1920-28, 1940s)
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Honours or
titles
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Polish Gold
Cross of Merit (1952), Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
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Publications
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None
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Death
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29 June 1964
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Marjorie Graves
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Date of Birth
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17 September
1884
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Privately and
in France
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Early career
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Civil servant
(Foreign Office, Home Office), archivist
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Early political
experience
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Holborn Borough
Council (1928-34); Dorset County Council
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Years in parliament
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1931-35 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Hackney South
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Death
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17 November
1961
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Florence
Horsbrugh (Baroness Horsbrugh)
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Date of Birth
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1889
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Lansdowne House, Edinburgh; St Hilda’s,
Folkestone; Mills College, California
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Early career
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unknown
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons 1931-45 (def.), 1950-59
(ret.); House of Lords 1959-69
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Other campaigns
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contested Midlothian
and Peebles (1950)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Dundee, Manchester Moss-Side (1950-)
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Offices held
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Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry
of Health (1939-45), Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food (1945),
Minister of Education (1951-54)
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Other public offices
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Delegate to Council of Europe and
WEU (1955-60)
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Honours or titles
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MBE (1920), CBE (1939), GBE (1954),
life peerage (1959)
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Death
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6 December 1969
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Mary
Pickford
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Date of Birth
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1893
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Family
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Daughter of Lord Sterndale; unmarried
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Education
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Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
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Early career
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Assisted in official Naval History
of the War (1917-21)
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Early political experience
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Contested Farnworth (1929)
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Years in parliament
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1931-34 (obit)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Hammersmith North
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Honours or titles
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The Honourable Mary Pickford, CBE
(1929)
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Publications
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None
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Death
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6 March 1934
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Norah
Runge
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Date of Birth
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1884 (née Hasluck)
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Family
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Married 1906 with two children (widowed),
remarried 1939
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Education
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Privately
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Early career
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Superintendent of the Soldiers and
Sailors’ Free Buffet, Paddington Station, 1915-19
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Early political experience
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party worker
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Years in parliament
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1931-35 (def.)
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Other campaigns
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contested Rotherhithe (1945)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Rotherhithe
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Other public offices
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President of Rotherhithe Conservative
and Unionist Association, 1932-46; LCC 1937-61(Deputy Chairman 1951-52);
Vice Chairman of London Conservative Unionist Council; Vice chairman
of Central Women’s Advisory Committee of C&U Associations (1941-2)
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Honours or titles
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OBE (1918)
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Death
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6 June 1978
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Helen
Shaw
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Date of Birth
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c. 1879 (née Graham)
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Family
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Married, two children
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Education
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Unknown
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Early career
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WVS
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Early political experience
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Lanarkshire County Council (1930-2);
contested Bothwell (1924, 1929)
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Years in parliament
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1931-35 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Bothwell
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Other public offices
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Vice Chairman, WVS (1938-43)
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Honours or titles
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MBE (1920)
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Publications
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None
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Death
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20 April 1964
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Mavis
Tate
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Date of Birth
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17 August 1893 (née Hogg)
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Family
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Twice married and divorced
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Education
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St Paul's Girls' School
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Early career
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unknown
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Years in parliament
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1931-45 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Willesden West, Frome (1935-)
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Other public offices
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JP
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Death
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5 June 1947
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Irene
Ward (Baroness Ward of North Tyneside)
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Date of Birth
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23 February 1895
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Family
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Unmarried
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Education
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Unknown
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Early career
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Unknown
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Early political experience
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Contested Morpeth (1924, 1929)
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons 1931-45 (def.), 1950-Feb.
1974 (ret.); House of Lords 1974-80
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Wallsend, Tynemouth (1950-Feb. 1974)
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Other public offices
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JP (1949)
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Honours or titles
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CBE (1929), DBE (1955), CH (1973),
life peerage (1974)
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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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26 April 1980
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Sarah
Ward
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Date of Birth
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25 December 1895 (née Ainsworth)
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Family
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Married 1921, one child
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Education
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Orme Girls’ School, Newcastle
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Early career
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VAD nurse 1914-18, farming
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Early political experience
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Staffordshire County Council (1950-69)
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Years in parliament
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1931-35 (def.)
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Other campaigns
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Contested Lichfield and Tamworth (1950)
and Birmingham Perry Barr (1951)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Cannock
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Other public offices
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ATS commander (1940-3)
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Honours or titles
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OBE (1952), CBE (1961)
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Death
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9 April 1969
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Frances,
Viscountess Davidson (Baroness Northchurch)
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Date of Birth
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29 May 1894 (née Dickinson)
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Family
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Daughter of WH Dickinson MP, wife
of JCC Davidson MP, four children
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Education
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Kensington High School; Northfields,
Englefield Green; abroad
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Early career
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Red Cross POW Department, WWI
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Early political experience
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None
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons 1937-59 (ret.), House
of Lords 1963-1985
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Hemel Hempstead
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Honours or titles
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OBE (1929), Viscountess Davidson (1937-),
DBE (1952), life peerage (1963)
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Death
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25 November 1985
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Agnes
Hardie
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Date of Birth
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1874 (née Pettigrew)
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Family
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Married to George Hardie MP, sister-in-law
of Keir Hardie MP
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Education
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Unknown
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Early career
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National Union of Shop Assistants
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Early political experience
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Women's Organizer for Scottish Labour
Party (1918-23)
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Years in parliament
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1937-45 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Glasgow Springburn
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Death
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24 March 1951
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Edith
Summerskill (Baroness Summerskill)
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Date of Birth
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19 April 1901
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Family
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Married 1925, two children including
Shirley Summerskill MP
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Education
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King’s College London; Charing Cross
Hospital
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Early career
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Medical doctor
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Early political experience
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Middlesex County Council (1934-41);
contested Putney (1934) and Bury (1935)
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Years in parliament
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House of Commons 1938-61 (ret.), House
of Lords 1961-80
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Fulham West, Warrington (1955-)
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Offices held
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Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry
of Food (1945-50), Minister of National Insurance (1950-51)
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Other public offices
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Labour Party NEC (1944-58); Chairman
of Labour Party (1954-5); Political Honours Scrutiny Committee (1967-76)
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Honours or titles
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life peerage (1961), CH (1966)
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Further reading
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Summerskill, A Woman’s World
(1967)
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Death
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4 February 1980
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Jennie
Adamson
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Date of Birth
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1882 (née Johnston)
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Family
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Married William Adamson MP
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Education
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Unknown
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Early career
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Housewife
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Early political experience
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London County Council (1928-31); NEC
(1927-47); Contested Dartford (1935)
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Years in parliament
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1938-46 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Dartford, Bexley (1945-)
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Offices held
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PPS to Minister of Pensions (1940-45);
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions (1945-46)
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Opposition portfolios
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None
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Other public offices
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Deputy Chairman of Assistance Board
(1946-53)
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Death
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25 April 1962
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