BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 17:49:00
From throughout her life and career. betty boothroyd�*s election as speaker of the commons left some members puzzled as to how they should address the first woman to hold the post. she left them in no doubt. i stood up to my great height and i said, "call me madam." she�*d come from humble beginnings, born in 1929 in dewsbury in yorkshire. she�*d had a colourful life before westminster — in the 1940s enjoying a career as a dancer, as a member of the tiller girls troupe... and after worki...
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