Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953), was a British Labour politician who became the first woman member of the Cabinet, as minister of labor from 1929 to 1931. Bondfield was born on March 17, 1873, in Chard, England. After working as a shop assistant, she became secretary of the National Federation of Women Workers. In 1923, she became chairman of the Trades Union Congress. She died on June 16, 1953.
