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She was educated at Lansdowne House, Edinburgh , St Hilda’s, Folkestone , and Mills College, California . Horsbrugh was a Member Of Parliament for Dundee from 1931 until her defeat in 1945. She was the first woman to move the Address in reply to the King's Speech . She unsuccessfully contested Midlothian And Peebles in 1950 and sat for Manchester Moss-side from 1950 until her retirement in 1959. On retirement she was elevated to the House Of Lords , as Baroness Horsbrugh, where she sat until her death. She held ministerial office in the wartime coalition governments as Parliamentary Secretary To The Ministry Of Health (1939-45), Parliamentary Secretary To The Ministry Of Food (1945). Following her return to the House of Commons she was the first woman to hold a Cabinet post in a Tory government when appointed Minister Of Education from 1951 to 1954. She also served as a delegate to the Council Of Europe and Western European Union from 1955 until 1960. Horsbrugh was always interested in child welfare and as a private member introduced the bill which became the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act 1939. She did a lot of preparatory work on the scheme which eventually became the National Health Service . She was awarded the MBE in 1920, promoted to CBE in 1939, and to GBE in 1954. She was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1945. |
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