Margaret Bondfield
Margaret Bondfield, 1873-1953
Lived at: 8 Denman Drive (census 1911; street directory 1913/15)
Profession: Politician
Professional work:
- Trade Union leader and campaigner for women's rights.
- In the 1920s she was to become the first female Chair of the General Council of the TUC.
- She and two others were the first female Labour MPs to enter Parliament at the election of December 1923.
- In 1929 became first female cabinet minister and privy councillor, serving as (Minister of Labour).
