Betty Boothroyd, the first — and so far only — female speaker of Britain's House of Commons, has died, parliamentary authorities said. She was 93.
FILE - Betty Boothroyd, the former Speaker of the House of Commons in Britain's Parliament, addresses a People's Vote rally calling for a second referendum on Britain's European Union membership, in London, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Boothroyd, the first – and so far only — female speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, has died, parliamentary authorities said Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. She was 93.
Boothroyd, who presided over the Commons’ often raucous debates with no-nonsense humor between 1992 and 2000, died Sunday at a hospital in Cambridge, southern England.“The passion, wit and sense of fairness she brought to politics will not be forgotten,” he said.
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