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APRIL 27th: On this day in 1992 the Commons elected Betty Boothroyd speaker of the House of Commons. She became the first female speaker in it's 700 year history. Speaker of the
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Betty Boothroyd was the first woman speaker – and the first to become a 'cult figure' via televised debates
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Baroness Betty Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons addressed the Free Iran World Summit - ISJ
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Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, dies at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge at 93
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