Margaret Grace Bondfield
(1873-1953), Trade unionist, campaigner for women's interests and politician; MP for Wallsend, Northampton and first woman cabinet ministerSitter in 9 portraits
Trade union leader and politician. Apprenticed in the drapery trade, Margaret Bondfield became assistant secretary in the National Union of Shop Assistants in 1898, rising through various offices to become the first woman chairman of the TUC in 1923. Labour MP for Northampton (1923-4) and Wallsend (1926-31), as Minister of Labour (1929-31) she was the first British woman cabinet minister.
by W. Milner Knight
watercolour on ivory, 1937
NPG 3966
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 February 1922
NPG x19248
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, circa 1924
NPG x194240
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1924
NPG x196075
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1929
NPG x30000
by Barratt's
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x197884
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1930
NPG x165335
copy by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 5 January 1948
NPG x92795
copy by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 5 January 1948
NPG x86409
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