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a b c Morris, Sophie (27 February 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93". Sky News . Retrieved 27 February 2023. EUROPEANPARLIAMENT(MEMBERSHIP)(Hansard,1March1977)". ParliamentaryDebates(Hansard). 1 March 1977. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 13 January 2017.

Kidd, Charles; Shaw, Christine, eds. (2008). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (145ed.). p.150. ISBN 978-1870520805. To be the first woman speaker was truly groundbreaking and Betty certainly broke that glass ceiling with panache.Boothroyd was not an innovative speaker. She opposed the changes in parliamentary hours that were subsequently introduced after her term of office and she suffered some criticism for failing, in the opinion of some radical MPs, to help the Commons update its role – notably by refusing to allow women MPs to breastfeed in the chamber during debates. TheRtHon.BaronessBoothroydOM". St Hugh's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2019. Langdon, Julia (27 February 2023). "LadyBoothroydobituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. Tominey, Camilla (27 February 2023). "Betty Boothroyd, first female Speaker, dies aged 93". The Telegraph . Retrieved 27 February 2023.

Her appointment was contested by Conservative MP John Brooke, but Baroness Boothroyd won a vote by 372 votes to 238. Former Tory prime minister Theresa May described Boothroyd as “formidable in the chair”, commanding respect from across the House. The following year, when Denis Healey fought and won a byelection in Leeds South East, he recorded that there were only two memorable events during his campaign. One was the death of the King. The other was when he took the afternoon off to judge a speaking contest for young socialists “and chose as winner a bonny lass from Dewsbury who danced as a Tiller girl in the chorus of the local pantomimes: her name was Betty Boothroyd …” That year Boothroyd also stood, although unsuccessfully, for Dewsbury council. BettyBoothroyd:ToParliamentandbeyond". BBC. 24 October 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009 . Retrieved 21 January 2009. But Boothroyd followed her dreams as a professional dancer from 1946 to 1948 and appeared in pantomime inthe West End before finally going into politics.

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Baroness Boothroyd went on to become an assistant government whip for the Labour Party and kept a keen eye on ensuring MPs were in the Commons to vote on key pieces of legislation. Boothroyd was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, in 1929, the only child of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886–1948) and his second wife Mary ( née Butterfield, 1901–1982), both textile workers. She was educated at council schools and went on to study at Dewsbury College of Commerce and Art (now KirkleesCollege). From 1946 to 1952, she worked as a dancer, as a member of the TillerGirls dancing troupe, [5] briefly appearing at the LondonPalladium. A foot infection brought an end to her dancing career and she entered politics, something then unusual, as the political world was heavily male-dominated and mostly aristocratic. [6] Baroness Boothroyd's political influence continued to grow after she was appointed to both the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen in 1979. LordsfailtofindhouseroomforLadyBoothroyd'screst". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2001. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019 . Retrieved 15 February 2019. Betty:Irefusedthreemarriageproposals". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 27 February 2023.

In 1975, she was elected a member of the European Parliament and became a vocal advocate of the common market.

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London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council . Retrieved 3 May 2022. Boothroyd was awarded an Honorary DoctorofCivilLaw (Hon DCL) by the CityUniversityLondon in 1993. She was chancellor of the OpenUniversity from 1994 until October 2006 and donated some of her personal papers to the University's archives. In March 1995, she was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as DoctoroftheUniversity (DUniv). In 1999 she was made an Honorary Fellow of StHugh'sCollege,Oxford. [25] Two portraits of Boothroyd have been part of the parliamentary art collection since 1994 and 1999, respectively. [26] [27] Betty Boothroyd: Funeral held for first woman Commons Speaker". BBC News. 29 March 2023 . Retrieved 30 March 2023. Langdon, Julia (27 February 2023). "Lady Boothroyd obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. Boothroyd was additionally made an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1994. [54] Publications [ edit ]

Honorarydegrees". 21 July 1995. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017 . Retrieved 29 July 2017. Yn yr 1950au, bu Boothroyd yn ysgrifennydd i'r ASau Llafur Barbara Castle [6] a Geoffrey de Freitas. [7] Ym 1960, teithiodd i'r Unol Daleithiau i weld ymgyrch Kennedy . Dechreuodd weithio yn Washington DC fel cynorthwydd deddfwriaethol i Gyngreswr Americanaidd, Silvio Conte. Dychwelodd i Lundain ac wedyn parhaodd â'i gwaith fel ysgrifennydd i wleidyddion Llafur, yn gynnwys Harry Walston . [8] Ym 1965, cafodd ei hethol i sedd ar Gyngor Bwrdeistref Hammersmith, lle y bu hyd 1968. [9] [10]

Morris, Sophie (27 Chwefror 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93" (yn Saesneg). Sky News . Cyrchwyd 27 Chwefror 2023.

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