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Summerskill, Edith Clara

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Summerskill, Edith Clara (1901–1980)

British Labour politician. From 1945 she was minister of food, being criticized by the Housewives League for continuing rationing, but achieving a significant breakthrough against tuberculosis with legislation that introduced pasteurized milk. She was a strong campaigner on food standards, medicine, and abortion and a prominent exponent of women's rights.

Born in London to radical parents, she qualified as a doctor in 1924 and was active in the Socialist Medical Association. She was Labour member of Parliament for West Fulham in 1938–1955 and then represented Warrington until being made a peer in 1961. In 1966 she was made a Companion of Honour.



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