Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1873-03-17 - 1953-06-16
Biography
British Labour politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She was the first female minister in British Parliament.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bondfield, Margaret to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-08-29
Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.3.007
Scope and Contents
"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore, I am so glad to know that you are writing a life of "E Nesbit". I did not know her very well, but on the few occasions on which I met her I found her most charming. I remember calling at Moat House one day when she was playing with her children. They were building a wonderful house with such immense attention to detail - no scamp work was allowed - and she identified herself so completely with the children that I also was drawn into feeling that to build that house...
Dates:
1931-08-29
Bondfield, Margaret to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-07-31
Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.3.008
Scope and Contents
Written by Bondfield's personal secretary, Alice M. Holmes, to let Moore know that Bondfield had just left town for a vacation.
Dates:
1931-07-31
Moore, Doris Langley to Margaret Bondfield, 1931-07-29
Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 9
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.9.053
Scope and Contents
Transcribed copy from the original letter.
Dates:
1931-07-29