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Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC (née Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history.
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Sep 3, 2010 · Barbara Castle was a prominent and influential women politician in the Labour party, who fought for social justice, trade union reform and women's rights. She introduced the Equal Pay Act in 1970, after a controversial attempt to regulate industrial relations in 1968.
May 3, 2002 · Barbara Castle, Labour's Red Queen, the woman Michael Foot called 'the best Socialist minister we've ever had', has died, aged 91.
Oct 17, 2021 · A trail-blazer for women in politics, Barbara Castle is remembered as the architect of the Equal Pay Act. As Transport Secretary she also introduced the 70mph speed limit and breathalysers,...
Apr 27, 2018 · Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, pays tribute to Dame Barbara Castle, her political hero and the most outstanding woman in the Labour Party. She praises her achievements on equal pay, transport, health and social services, and her refusal to conform to social norms.
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Oct 9, 2021 · Barbara Castle, the pioneering British female politician and prominent national figure from the 1950s to the 70s, has been commemorated with a new statue in Blackburn, where she served as a...
Learn about Barbara Castle, a prominent Labour politician who fought for equal pay, social reform and European integration. See her portrait and a photograph of her at the Ford Dagenham strike in 1968.
