Margaret Cole

1893 - 1980

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country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Girton College, Roedean School

occupation: politician, lecturer, historian, biographer, novelist, suffragette, economist, researcher

award received: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

position held: member of London County Council

Dame Margaret Isabel Cole (née Postgate; 6 May 1893 – 7 May 1980) was an English socialist politician, writer and poet. She wrote several detective stories jointly with her husband, G. D. H. Cole. She went on to hold important posts in London government after the Second World War. Source: Wikipedia (en)