Alice Martha Bacon blue plaque

Wakefield, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Baroness Alice Martha Bacon 1909-1993 CBE PC (1909-1993) Yorkshire's first woman MP (1945-1970). Responsible for the introduction of comprehensive schools, she was also a powerful force behind the groundbreaking social reforms which led to the abolition of the death penalty, decriminalisation of hom

osexuality and the legalisation of abortion. 'A pioneer from Normanton'

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