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Margaret Bondfield

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This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/5March 18, 201 by Brianboulton (talk) 20:00, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Margaret Bondfield in 1919

Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) was a British Labour politician, trades unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal education. Beginning as a shopworker in Brighton and London, she was an active trades unionist and held union office from 1898. Bondfield helped to found the Women's Labour League in 1906, and was chair of the Adult Suffrage Society. She was a socialist rather than a suffragette, which divided her from some factions in the women's movement. She was first elected to parliament in 1923, and was a junior minister in the Labour government of 1924. Her term in the cabinet was overshadowed by the economic crises that beset the 1929–31 Labour ministry, and her actions in office antagonised many in the Labour Party. She left parliament in 1931, but continued in quiet public service until shortly before her death. (Full article...)

    • I have searched through the full list of available FAs, and come to much the same conclusion as you. None of these examples seem "Irish" enough to warrant showing on St Patrick's Day, and to run them might look desperate. I'm happy to leave Bondfield in the slot, for the time being. Brianboulton (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]