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Margaret Bondfield

1873 - 1953

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Margaret Grace Bondfield (17 March 1873 – 16 June 1953) was a British Labour Party politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She 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 in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal education. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Bondfield is the 5,612th most popular politician (up from 8,375th in 2019), the 1,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,659th in 2019) and the 239th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Margaret Bondfield ranks 5,612 out of 19,576. Before her are Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Norodom Ranariddh, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Mendès France, Alexandre Pétion, and Honoré V, Prince of Monaco. After her are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Antipope Constantine II, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Al-Muqtafi, George Canning, and Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Among people born in 1873, Margaret Bondfield ranks 51. Before her are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Eliel Saarinen, Arnold van Gennep, Max Adler, Jakob Wassermann, and Hugo Simberg. After her are Ray Ewry, Liang Qichao, Thorvald Stauning, Otto Wels, Nadežda Petrović, and Viktor Chernov. Among people deceased in 1953, Margaret Bondfield ranks 41. Before her are Ernst Zermelo, Dylan Thomas, Wilhelm Stuckart, Tazio Nuvolari, Richard von Mises, and Johan Laidoner. After her are Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Bill Tilden, Jean Epstein, Hugo Schmeisser, John Christie, and Noe Zhordania.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Bondfield ranks 1,267 out of 8,785. Before her are Richard Hamilton (1922), Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ally McCoist (1962), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), and John Langdon Down (1828). After her are Gideon Mantell (1790), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), Taron Egerton (1989), Charles W. Alcock (1842), and John Fisher (1469).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Margaret Bondfield ranks 239. Before her are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), William the Lion (1142), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Louisa Adams (1775), and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718). After her are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), and Lord Randolph Churchill (1849).

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