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	Margaret Bondfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret Grace Bondfield (17th March, 1873–16th June, 1953) was an English Labour politician and feminist, the first woman Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom and one of the first three female Labour MPs.
		Bondfield was born in Chard, Somerset, the eleventh child of Anne Taylor and William Bondfield, a textiles worker with left-wing views.
		In 1923 Bondfield was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton at her third attempt but lost her seat in the general election a year later.
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	Margaret Bondfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Margaret Bondfield (17th March, 1873-16th June, 1953), an English politician and feminist was born in Chard, Somerset, the eleventh child of Anne Taylor and William Bondfield, a textiles worker with left-wing views.
		Bondfield began an apprenticeship at the age of 14 in a draper's shop in Brighton, where a customer, Louisa Martindale befriended her and lent her books on left-wing politics.
		In 1923 Bondfield was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton and was appointed Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald in 1924.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/m/ma/margaret_bondfield.html (224 words)

	BookRags: Margaret Grace Bondfield Biography
		Margaret Bondfield was a prominent figure in British labor union leadership and progressive political movements in the first half of the twentieth century.
		Bondfield's father was a foreman at a lace company by trade, but had participated in the working-class struggle for political reform known as the Chartist movement; he had also joined the Anti-Corn Law League to fight taxes on grain.
		Bondfield quickly moved into positions of authority in both organizations: she was elected to the National Executive Council of the Shop Assistants' Union in 1897 and served on the General Committee of the WTUL.
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	Margaret Bondfield
		Margaret Bondfield, the daughter of William Bondfield and Anne Taylor, was born in Chard, Somerset in 1873.
		Bondfield was also active in the Women's Co-operative Guild which was campaigning for minimum wage legislation, an improvement in child welfare and action to lower the infant mortality rate.
		In 1923 Margaret Bondfield became one of the first women to enter the House of Commons when she was elected as Labour MP for Northampton.
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	Margaret Bondfield
		Margaret became friendly with one of her customers, Louisa Martindale, a strong advocate of women's rights.
		Bondfield's efforts were rewarded when she persuaded the government to include maternity benefits.
		Margaret Bondfield described her views on the outbreak of the First World War.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Wbondfield.htm (1586 words)

	Archive Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Administrative/Biographical history: Margaret Bondfield was born in Chard, Somerset, the 14th child of William and Anne Bondfield.
		In 1894 Bondfield moved to London, there she again worked in a shop, joined the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks, of which she was Assistant Secretary for ten years from 1898, and began contributing articles to The Shop Assistant.
		Bondfield was opposed to the 1914-1918 war and supported a negotiated peace.
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	Biography of Margaret Grace Bondfield \| Life of Margaret Grace Bondfield
		British union official and political leader Margaret Bondfield (1873-1953) was a lifelong advocate of improving the lives of working women, working toward this goal in her roles as a labor activist, suffragist, and politician.
		Her work along the way had led to numerous improvements in the lives of workers and an increased voice for women through her fight for universal suffrage.
		Bondfield died at the age of 80 on June 16, 1953, in Sanderstead, Surrey, England.
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	Bondfield Margaret Grace - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953), British politician, a leading socialist and trade unionist, and the first woman Cabinet minister.
		This obituary for Margaret Bondfield appeared in The Times on June 18, 1953.
		During World War I the British suffragettes ceased agitation and made notable contributions to many aspects of the war effort, favourably influencing...
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	Who was the first woman cabinet member? in The AnswerBank: People & Places
		Margaret was her mother Anne's 11th child and her husband William was 61 when she was born.
		Martindale was a strong advocate of women's rights and Margaret regularly visited the Martindale home where she met other radicals and borrowed political books.
		Bondfield's report was published in 1898, the same year she became assistant secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union.
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	Bondfield, Margaret Grace - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		BONDFIELD, MARGARET GRACE [Bondfield, Margaret Grace] 1873-1953, British political and trade union leader.
		She wrote and lectured extensively on labor and socialist movements.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Bondfield, Margaret Grace" at HighBeam.
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		Margaret Bondfield Avenue London, IG11, England, UK
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	Letters on Family Allowances \| Margaret Thatcher Foundation
		Further, the Socialist Party resisted an amendment to the Unemployment Insurance Bill of 1929 to increase the children's allowance from 2s.
		In the Division which followed, 204 Socialists, led by Margaret Bondfield, then Minister of Labour, voted against the increase.
		In her previous letter she gave specific details which are even more misleading than her original speech, in what can be termed, even for politics, a "below the belt" attack, which went as follows: "The Socialist Party resisted an amendment to the Unemployment Insurance Bill of 1929 to increase the children's allowance from 2s.
	www.margaretthatcher.org /speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=100835 (1689 words)

	Her Name Is Mary
		Margaret Clitherow - St born 1556 died 25th March 1586
		For over 40 years she produced pictures that became world famous from Hitler's soldiers to the India of Gandhi and she was the last person to interview him before he was assassinated.
		Much of her work and the story of her life is in The Life Of Margaret Bourke-White
	web.ukonline.co.uk /m.gratton/Names/Margaret.htm (3266 words)

	AllRefer.com - Margaret Grace Bondfield (Labor, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Margaret Grace Bondfield 1873–1953, British political and trade union leader.
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