In office 4 February 1961 – 4 February 1980 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Warrington
In office 26 May 1955 – 4 February 1961
Preceded by
Hyacinth Morgan
Succeeded by
Thomas Williams
Member of Parliament for Fulham West
In office 6 April 1938 – 6 May 1955
Preceded by
Cyril Cobb
Succeeded by
Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born
(1901-04-19)19 April 1901
Died
4 February 1980(1980-02-04) (aged 78)
Nationality
British
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Dr Jeffrey Samuel
Children
Shirley Summerskill
Alma mater
King's College London Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, CH, PC (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.
Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, CH, PC (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer...
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for Halifax from 1964 to 1983. Summerskill was born in London, the daughter of Dr E. Jeffrey Samuel and EdithSummerskill, the latter of whom became a Labour...
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mail and carried 860 passengers, including among them British MP EdithSummerskill and the journalist Keith Murdoch.2 Due to the weight of the auxiliary...
at first did not allow women to join. The MP for Fulham West, Dr. EdithSummerskill, argued for women to be allowed to join on equal terms to men, saying...
than father-son sets: EdithSummerskill, MP for Fulham West 1938–1955 and Warrington 1955–1961, was mother of Shirley Summerskill, MP for Halifax 1964–1983...
further member of the cabinet, won by Lord Faringdon. In the elections, EdithSummerskill regained her place in the cabinet after a year's absence, at the expense...
Minister Clement Attlee Preceded by Leslie Hore-Belisha Succeeded by EdithSummerskill Member of Parliament for Llanelli In office 26 March 1936 – 29 May...
MP Russell Kerr. Former Wife of fellow MP John Ryman. Daughter of EdithSummerskill. She was made a life peer as Baroness Williams of Crosby, of Stevenage...
president Grace Roe and Edith Clayton Pepper, Leonora Cohen and Lilian Lenton. At the unveiling the Labour politician EdithSummerskill told the audience of...
and for women in the civil service (1954), thanks to activists like EdithSummerskill, who fought for women's causes both in parliament and in the traditional...
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– Joe Davis, snooker and billiards player (died 1978) 19 April – EdithSummerskill, physician, feminist, Labour politician and campaigner (died 1980)...
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June 1942 23 May 1945 Florence Horsbrugh 23 May 1945 13 July 1945 EdithSummerskill 4 August 1945 2 March 1950 Stanley Evans 2 March 1950 18 April 1950...
Tyrone EdithSummerskill, MP for Fulham West 1938–55 and Warrington 1955–61. Shirley Summerskill, MP for Halifax 1964–1983. Daughter of Edith. John Ryman...