Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Margaret Bondfield

Margaret Bondfield

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/5March 18, 201 by Brianboulton (talk) 20:00, 25 February 2015 (UTC)



Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) was a British Labour politician, trades unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal education. Beginning as a shopworker in Brighton and London, she was an active trades unionist and held union office from 1898. Bondfield helped to found the Women's Labour League in 1906, and was chair of the Adult Suffrage Society. She was a socialist rather than a suffragette, which divided her from some factions in the women's movement. She was first elected to parliament in 1923, and was a junior minister in the Labour government of 1924. Her term in the cabinet was overshadowed by the economic crises that beset the 1929–31 Labour ministry, and her actions in office antagonised many in the Labour Party. She left parliament in 1931, but continued in quiet  public service until shortly before her death.


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 * Main editors: Brianboulton
 * Promoted: 20 October 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: a woman, born in women's month, for women's rights, - the blurb is too ling but I would like to leave it to the author, - I hesitate to prune what divided her from the militant leadership ;)
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 17 March is St Patrick's Day . I was planning to schedule an Irish-themed article on that date, if one is to be found. If not, Margaret will do as well as another. Suggestions, anyone? Brianboulton (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks as though all the FA-class articles within the scope of WikiProject Ireland / Northern Ireland have run on the main page, apart from Head VI (tagged because Francis Bacon was Irish-born). Audie Murphy was Irish by descent, though - that's the closest biographical article I've found so far. Musically, you've got Loveless, and two U2-related articles, "Mothers of the Disappeared" and Zoo TV Tour. BencherliteTalk 18:10, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I have searched through the full list of available FAs, and come to much the same conclusion as you. None of these examples seem "Irish" enough to warrant showing on St Patrick's Day, and to run them might look desperate. I'm happy to leave Bondfield in the slot, for the time being. Brianboulton (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Looks good. Made some minor tweaks that shortened it just a little; you might want it longer. - Dank (push to talk) 04:20, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Good choice. Sarah (SV) (talk) 04:33, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment She was moved from 17 (birthday) to 16, - I moved to 18 (better after birthday than before), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Why is that so? Brianboulton (talk) 02:16, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Would you celebrate your birthday a day early? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Depends on the circumstances, the nature of the planned celebrations, etc. If there is no other date-related claim on the 18th before I schedule, then OK, otherwise it goes back to 16th. Brianboulton (talk) 13:55, 20 February 2015 (UTC)