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Margaret Bondfield, who was elected to parliament for Northampton 80 years ago this year, earned herself a ..

... Margaret Bondfield, who was elected to parliament for Northampton 80 years ago this year, earned herself a place in the history books when she became the first woman cabinet minister in 1929.. social issues, becoming chairperson of the Women'’s Group ...

Published: Monday 06 January 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 838 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Boost for cancer charity POLITICIANS and business minister and MP for Northampleaders have boosted the £1.5 ton ..

... reached £700,000. Mrs Keeble said: “The work of The money was raised at the the Macmillan nurses is crucial annual Margaret Bondfield in improving the lives of people dinner to mark the anniversary with cancer and ensuring they of the first woman cabinet ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Mercury
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 120 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

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... Union League and helped found the National Federation of Women Workers in 1906. She soon joined the Labour Party. B Margaret Bondfield was elected as Northampton's first woman MP and held a Labour seat in 1923, the year she became the first woman chairman ...

Published: Tuesday 29 May 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 383 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Minister set to speak to town’s small businesses

... small and medium businesses. The visit comes almost a year after the minister was last in town for the annual Bondfield dinner. Margaret Bondfield was the first woman in the cabinet and was MP for Northampton. She was also MP for Walisend near Newcastle ...

Published: Thursday 11 January 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Mercury
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Appeal gets boost from politicians

... 202 to the Macmillan Northamptonshire Appeal which has already reached £700,000. The money was raised at the annual Margaret Bondfield dinner to mark the anniversary of the first woman cabinet minister and MP for Northampton. Trade and Industry Secretary ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 162 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 174 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Minister to visit small businesses

... small and medium businesses. The visit comes almost a year after the minister was last in town for the annual Bondfield dinner. Margaret Bondfield was the first woman in the cabinet and was MP for Northampton. She was also MP for Wallsend near Newcastle ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 160 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

B Dr Sylvia Pinches, curator of the 78 Derngate Trust museum with the picture of George Bernard Shaw with ..

... the 78 Derngate Trust museum with the picture of George Bernard Shaw with Maragaret Bondfield and WJ Bassett Lowke MP’s museum photo A PHOTOGRAPH of Margaret Bondfield with playwright George Bernard Shaw, taken in Northampton outside 78 Derngate - the ...

Published: Monday 06 January 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Farewell to a brilliant lady

... where she suffered a heart attack. Mrs Farey, who was born in Hunsbury Hill, used to be a political activist and met Margaret Bondfield., one of the country’s first female MPs many years ago. Her late husband Albert was also involved in politics, and was ...

Published: Thursday 01 May 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Drumming up support for pioneering woman

... people to vote for Labour MP Margaret Bondfield. Dressed in shirt and shorts, Mr Vincent used to walk down Clare Street and Hervey Street, along with the other children singing the song “Vote, vote, vote for Maggie” Miss Bondfield won her seat in 1923 and ...

Published: Tuesday 29 May 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 204 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

and were confronted by the frantic rescue attempts of neighbours. Neighbour David Hamill, who lives directly ..

... specialist hospital in Edinburgh with serious injuries. Police said the mother was “very, very distraught”. ©® 1929 Margaret Bondfield became the first British woman Cabinet Minister when she was appointed Minister of Labour. @® 1968 James Earl Ray, wanted ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 2002
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 13 | Tags: none