Who, in 1929, became the first woman to hold a cabinet post in the UK?
History of the Labour Party (UK) of deliberate media engagement, notably with the BBC, which proved successful in the long run. The election of May 1929 left the Labour Party for the first time as the largest grouping in the House of Commons with 287 seats, and 37.1% of the popular vote (actually slightly less than the Conservatives). However, MacDonald was still reliant on Liberal support to form a minority government. MacDonald's government included the first ever woman cabinet minister Margaret Bondfield who was appointed Minister of Labour. MacDonald's second government was in a stronger parliamentary position than his first, and in 1930 he was able
Woman to Woman (1929 film) Woman to Woman (1929 film) Woman to Woman is a 1929 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Betty Compson, George Barraud and Juliette Compton. The film was an adaptation of the play "Woman to Woman" by Michael Morton which had previously been made into a film in 1923. During the First World War, a British officer - David Compton (George Barraud) - on leave from the trenches in Paris falls in love with and has a liaison of three days with a French performing artist: Deloryse/Lola (Betty Compson). He proposes to her and tells her to get