On this day in 1929, Margaret Bondfield became the first British female cabinet minister
Photo: Margaret Bondfield, Library of Congress Archives
On this day in 1929, trade unionist and women’s rights activist Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK when she was appointed Minister of Labour. She considered the appointment “part of the great revolution in the position of women”.
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