Which constituency did Ellen Wilkinson represent in 1935?
Jarrow
Middlesbrough East
Birmingham
Sheffield
Answer
Jarrow was the constituency represented by Ellen Wilkinson in 1935. Wilkinson was a prominent Labour politician and trade unionist who became the first female Minister of Education in 1945. Her representation of Jarrow, a shipbuilding town hit hard by unemployment in the 1930s, brought national attention to the plight of its residents and helped galvanize support for government action to address the economic crisis.
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