Chance Meeting is a sculpture by Tom Murphy at Liverpool Lime Street Station of Ken Dodd and which female politician who lived from 1899 to 1970?
"well as in Chorley, Lancashire, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, Germany and New York City. He has also sold many smaller works around the world. In 2003, he was voted by Radio Merseyside listeners and ""Liverpool Echo"" readers as the 76th Greatest Merseysider. Now his work is known all over the world since creating the iconic statue of John Lennon at Liverpool John Lennon Airport which was unveiled jointly on 15 March 2002, by Cherie Blair and Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. His sculptures of Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock, commissioned by Merseytravel are sited at Liverpool Lime Street railway station."
"correct. She also served as a magistrate in Liverpool, was awarded an honorary doctorate of the University of Liverpool for her services to the community, and in 2002 was offered the honour of Freeman of the City of Liverpool, but declined. Margaret Simey Margaret Bayne Todd (4 January 1906 – 27 July 2004) was a political and social campaigner born in Glasgow, but is usually more associated with Liverpool, settling there in the 1920s and becoming the first woman to achieve a degree in sociology. She married Tom Simey, a political scientist at Liverpool University; he was later awarded a"
"Margaret Simey Margaret Bayne Todd (4 January 1906 – 27 July 2004) was a political and social campaigner born in Glasgow, but is usually more associated with Liverpool, settling there in the 1920s and becoming the first woman to achieve a degree in sociology. She married Tom Simey, a political scientist at Liverpool University; he was later awarded a life peerage by Harold Wilson, but she did not use the title ""Lady Simey"". They had one son. She attended St Paul's Girls' School in London, and was involved, with Elsie J. Oxenham, in the British Camp Fire Girls' Association. Oxenham"
"Ruth Dodds Ruth Dodds (8 May 1890 – 1 April 1976) lived in Gateshead, England and was an author, playwright and councillor of Gateshead. She was one of three daughters of bookbinder and historian Edwin Dodds. She joined the Labour Party after the First World War and was elected to Gateshead Council in 1929. However, she failed to be selected as a Parliamentary candidate in 1931 and 1936. In 1939 she resigned from the Labour Party in protest at its support for war, and although she later rejoined she was not as politically active. She was made the first woman"
"Bessie Braddock Elizabeth Margaret Braddock (""née"" Bamber; 24 September 1899 – 13 November 1970) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liverpool Exchange division from 1945 to 1970. She was a member of Liverpool County Borough Council from 1930 to 1961. Although she never held office in government, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns in connection with housing, public health and other social issues. Braddock inherited much of her campaigning spirit from her mother, Mary Bamber, an early socialist and trade union activist. After some years in the Independent"
"freeman of Gateshead in 1965. She is known, with her sisters Hope and Sylvia, for founding the Little Theatre Gateshead. A commemorative plaque to the three sisters was erected at their Gateshead home in 2005. Ruth Dodds Ruth Dodds (8 May 1890 – 1 April 1976) lived in Gateshead, England and was an author, playwright and councillor of Gateshead. She was one of three daughters of bookbinder and historian Edwin Dodds. She joined the Labour Party after the First World War and was elected to Gateshead Council in 1929. However, she failed to be selected as a Parliamentary candidate in"
"with the Chairman of the Joint Select Committee Lord Lothian referring to her as ""one .. whose charm and good comradeship will indeed be sadly missed by each one of her colleagues"". Sir Samuel Hoare remarked on her ""mind ready for action, a sympathy and a sanity that never failed, and a vigorous and human personality that always impressed itself on friends and colleagues."" Mary Pickford (politician) Mary Ada Pickford, (5 July 1884 – 6 March 1934) was an English politician, industrialist and historian. After working to support the Conservative Party over several years, she was elected as a Member"
"again appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Commerce. She died on November 8, 1966, at her home at 169 Neperan Road in Tarrytown, New York; and was buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow. Jane H. Todd Jane Hedges Todd (June 18, 1890 – November 8, 1966) was an American politician from New York. She was born on June 18, 1890, the daughter of John Claredon Todd (1857–1931) and Elizabeth Buchanan (Ten Broeck) Todd (1861–1907). She became active in politics in Westchester County, first as a suffragette, and then in the Republican Party. She was a delegate to the"
"Norman Dodds Norman Noel Dodds (25 December 1903 – 22 August 1965) was a British co-operator and Labour Co-operative politician. The Labour Party campaign centre and headquarters building in Northumberland Heath is named ""Norman Dodds House"" in honour of the former MP. He was Member of Parliament from 1945 until his death in 1965, and is best remembered for having been Margaret Thatcher's successful opponent when she first stood for Parliament, in the 1950 and 1951 general elections. Dodds was born in Dunston-on-Tyne, near to Gateshead, the son of Ambrose Dodds. He attended Dunston-on-Tyne Council School, an elementary school, as"
"with 3% of the vote, against Democratic incumbent Leonard Farbstein (easily reelected with 53%), Donald Weeden (Republican), Ralph Denat (Liberal), and David McReynolds (Peace and Freedom). Dodd met her future husband John Dodd during her Summer 1930 trip to Europe. They married in late September at the county clerk's office, with friends Beatrice Feldman and Louis Finkelstein as witnesses. In 1940, her husband left her out of political differences. They had no children. On April 29, 1969, at age 64, Dodd died in Manhattan, New York, New York after undergoing gall bladder surgery. She was buried at Gate of Heaven"
"Restiturm lies just to the east of the centre of Meiringen, and once commanded the various trade routes that passed through the village. A museum dedicated to Holmes is located in the basement of the deconsecrated English Church, located in what has now been named Conan Doyle Place. Its highlight is a detailed and authentic recreation of the sitting room at 221B Baker Street, London. The museum was officially opened by Air Cdt Dame Jean Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet, the younger daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in May 1991. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was"
"Labour candidate for Kensington, Liverpool. She served on the council until 1968, chairing the Education Committee from 1955–61, and from 1963–67, when she became the second woman ever to be named as Lord Mayor of Liverpool. She became a member of the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board and, while a member, fought to create a centre for mentally ill patients who were release from local hospitals without options. A few years before her death she moved to Bethesda, Wales with her younger son, Michael Wormald, a Labour councillor in Arfon for twelve years. She died at Bangor, Gwynedd on 23 February"
"be designed by the same architect. George Dodd (MP) George Dodd (c. 1800 – 15 December 1864) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1853. Dodd was the son of George Dodd of Montagu Square, London. He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 12 March 1835. Dodd was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone, Kent on 29 June 1841 and held the seat until 1853. He was re-elected for Maidstone in the 1852 general election but his election was declared void on petition, and a by-election was held"
"Barbara Follett (politician) Daphne Barbara Follett (' Hubbard; born 25 December 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage from 1997 until 2010. During this time she held several parliamentary and ministerial positions. In the decade before entering Parliament she played a major part in transformation of the Labour Party, firstly by making members more aware of their visual impact on voters and secondly by co-founding and running two organisations, Labour Women's Network and Emily's List UK, which spearheaded reforms that helped Labour to return a record 101 women to Parliament"
"and as Members of the European Parliament; both took the shared surname of Kellett-Bowman. Elaine Kellett-Bowman Dame Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman, DBE (8 July 1923 – 4 March 2014) was a British Conservative politician, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Lancaster for 27 years from 1970. Born Mary Elaine Kay to Walter and Edith (née Leather) Kay, she was educated at The Mount School, York, St Anne's College, Oxford, and Barnett House, Oxford, and became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1964. She served as a councillor on Denbigh Borough Council, 1952–55, and"
"at the age of 55. Her successor in the subsequent by-election was the Conservative Vivian Bendall. Millie Miller Millie Miller (8 April 1922 – 29 October 1977) was a British Labour Party politician. Miller was a councillor in the London Borough of Camden and was the first woman to lead a London Borough council when she became leader in 1971, remaining in the post until 1973. Earlier, she had been the Mayor of Camden and of Stoke Newington where she had been a councillor. Miller was elected on her second attempt as Member of Parliament for Ilford North in the"
"Helen Brook, Germaine Greer, Jayaben Desai, Bridget Jones, and Beyoncé. Several women politicians have cited Castle as an inspiration for embarking on their careers, including Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, Tulip Siddiq, and former Conservative MP Edwina Curry. Since Castle's death there have been several plans mooted to memorialise her with a statue in her constituency town of Blackburn, most recently in 2018. In the town a dual carriageway that constitutes part of the ring road is named Barbara Castle Way. She was commemorated on a postage stamp issued as part of the Royal Mail's Women of Distinction series in"
"of the longest unbroken service for a woman MP, at 33 years, 9 months. The latter record has since been broken by Harriet Harman. In January 2007, railway operator GB Railfreight named locomotive 66719 ""Gwyneth Dunwoody"". Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British moderate Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from 1974 to her death in 2008. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent parliamentarian, described as ""intelligent, obstinate, opinionated and"
"Millicent Fenwick Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwick (February 25, 1910 – September 16, 1992) was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women's movement. She was considered the inspiration behind Lacey Davenport, a fictional character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury. Born Millicent Vernon Hammond, she was the middle of three"
"command large audiences, despite her plump and matronly appearance. She was equally adept at handling the affairs of several prestigious governmental committees and commissions. She died on 27 October 1946 at 36 Titchfield Road, Troon, and was buried at Troon. At the by-election which followed a young recently demobbed Major Willie Ross was elected MP in her place. Clarice Shaw Clarice Marion Shaw (née McNab; 22 October 1883 – 27 October 1946) was a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. She was born at 10 Morton Street, Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, on 22 October 1883,"
"part of the 'Education Village') on ""Rockwell Avenue"" in Haughton Le Skerne, then Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington. She studied Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. She worked in social care for Liverpool City Council from 1979-88 when she became a trade union organiser for the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE). In Liverpool she had been active in ending the Militant group's infiltration of the Liverpool Labour Party. Kennedy has been a Member of Parliament since the 1992 general election, when she was elected for the Liverpool Broadgreen constituency. She served as a member of the social"
"Jane H. Todd Jane Hedges Todd (June 18, 1890 – November 8, 1966) was an American politician from New York. She was born on June 18, 1890, the daughter of John Claredon Todd (1857–1931) and Elizabeth Buchanan (Ten Broeck) Todd (1861–1907). She became active in politics in Westchester County, first as a suffragette, and then in the Republican Party. She was a delegate to the 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956 and 1964 Republican National Conventions; and an alternate delegate to the 1948 and 1960 Republican National Conventions. Jane Todd was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester"
"Union in December 2010.) Eventually, on 13 May 2013, Chester Magistrates' Court ruled that there was no case to answer. Ellman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, in June 2018 for parliamentary and political services. Louise Ellman Dame Louise Joyce Ellman (born 14 November 1945) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. She became a dame in 2018. Ellman (née Rosenberg) was born in Manchester to a British Jewish family. She was educated at the independent"
"on the Royal Commission for Mental Health which led to the Mental Health Act 1959. From the early 1950s she moved steadily to the right wing of her party, and was increasingly acerbic in her judgements of her former colleagues on the left. When Labour won the 1964 general election she refused office on the grounds of age and health; thereafter her parliamentary contributions dwindled as her health worsened. Towards the end of her life she became Liverpool's first woman freeman. After her death in 1970 her ""Guardian"" obituarist hailed her as ""one of the most distinctive political personalities of"
"Jane Kennedy (politician) Jane Elizabeth Kennedy (née Hodgson; born 4 May 1958) is a British Labour Party politician and the inaugural Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner. Kennedy was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Broadgreen from 1992 until 1997 and for Liverpool Wavertree from 1997 until she stood down in 2010. Formerly a member of the Government, on 8 June 2009, she returned to the backbenches leaving her position as Minister of State for Farming and the Environment at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, and attended Haughton Comprehensive School (now"
"funeral was held at Mortlake five days later. A memorial service was held on 29 October 1985 at St Margaret's, Westminster. Margaret Thatcher read one of the lessons. Lady Hornsby Smith was portrayed in the 2008 drama ""The Long Walk to Finchley"" (by actress Sylvestra Le Touzel). Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith, (17 March 1914 – 3 July 1985) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith was born 17 March 1914 in East Sheen, the second child and only daughter of shopkeeper Frederick Charles Hornsby-Smith, a saddle dealer and master umbrella"
"Louise Ellman Dame Louise Joyce Ellman (born 14 November 1945) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. She became a dame in 2018. Ellman (née Rosenberg) was born in Manchester to a British Jewish family. She was educated at the independent Manchester High School for Girls, before studying at the University of Hull where she received a BA in Sociology and History in 1967, and then studied Social Administration at the University of York where she was awarded a MPhil in 1972. From 1970, she worked as a"
"Nora David, Baroness David Nora Ratcliff David, Baroness David (23 September 1913 – 29 November 2009) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Born Nora Ratcliff Blakesley, the daughter of a merchant, she was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Girls' Grammar School and at Saint Felix School, Southwold before going up to Newnham College, Cambridge to study English graduating in 1935. In the same year, she married Richard William David (died 1993) with whom she had two sons and two daughters. She was a Councillor in the city of Cambridge from 1964–67, and from 1968–74, when she became a County"
"Margaret Wright (British politician) Margaret Elizabeth Wright (20 February 1940 – 22 June 2012) was a Green Party politician and from 2008 to 2012 a city councillor for Abbey Ward on Cambridge City Council in England. She was one of the Principal Speakers of the Green Party, a post she held with Darren Johnson, from 1999 to 2003. She was several times elected by the Eastern Region of the Green Party to the first place on their list for the European Parliament. Wright was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, then studied history at Bedford College, London, and teaching at the University of"
"Dorothy Archibald Dorothy Archibald, Lady Archibald (January 1895 – 22 July 1960) was a British politician. Born in Liverpool as Dorothy Holroyd, she studied for a year at the University of Liverpool, then at Girton College, Cambridge. After completing her studies, she became an inspector for a trades board. Immediately after World War I, she travelled to Eastern Europe to undertake relief work for children there. In 1926, Holroyd married George Archibald, a Labour Party member of Glasgow City Council. The couple had a son, and the family moved to London in 1930, where Archibald devoted her spare time to"
"suffered a brain haemorrhage on 11 May 2018 and was in a coma until her death the following day at the age of 70. Tessa Jowell Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (; 17 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood from 1997 to 2015, having previously been elected as the MP for Dulwich in 1992. She held a number of major government ministerial positions, as well as opposition appointments, during this period. Her most senior position in Government was as Secretary of"
"Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT (""née"" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords, having been granted a life peerage in 1990. One of the most significant"
"9,746. She did not take a post in the new government; according to ""The Guardian"" she was offered a job, but declined on the grounds of health and age. Although she fought the next election, in March 1966, and held Liverpool Exchange easily, for the final six years of her parliamentary life she was relatively inactive and often absent through illness. Her last contribution in the House was on 27 January 1969, a question regarding facilities for disabled drivers. In 1968 Bessie became vice chairman (and therefore chairman-elect) of the Labour Party. However, in February 1969 she collapsed with exhaustion"