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In which year did Margaret Bondfield become the first female cabinet minister?

  • 1929

  • 1924

  • 1931

  • 1926

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Margaret Bondfield made history in 1929 when she became the first female cabinet minister in the UK, serving as Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929-31.
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