Anita Gale, Baroness Gale
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Anita Gale, Baroness Gale (born 28 November 1940) is a Labour Party
member of the House of Lords
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She has been involved in women’s issues all her working life. She was first involved as a Labour Party member, in the Women’s Section of the Party. Later, from 1976 to 1999 she worked full time for the Labour Party, first as the Women’s Officer for Wales
, and from 1984 as the General Secretary for Wales - retiring from the post in 1999, and was appointed a life peer in 1999 as Baroness Gale, of Blaenrhondda
in the County of Mid Glamorgan
.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
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She has been involved in women’s issues all her working life. She was first involved as a Labour Party member, in the Women’s Section of the Party. Later, from 1976 to 1999 she worked full time for the Labour Party, first as the Women’s Officer for Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, and from 1984 as the General Secretary for Wales - retiring from the post in 1999, and was appointed a life peer in 1999 as Baroness Gale, of Blaenrhondda
Blaenrhondda
Blaenrhondda is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Blaenrhondda is a very small village and is part of the community of Treherbert.-History:...
in the County of Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996, it was also an administrative county, with a county council.Mid Glamorgan was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972...
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