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Boothroyd was awarded an Honorary DoctorofCivilLaw (Hon DCL) by the CityUniversityLondon in 1993. She was chancellor of the OpenUniversity from 1994 until October 2006 and donated some of her personal papers to the University's archives. In March 1995, she was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as DoctoroftheUniversity (DUniv). In 1999 she was made an Honorary Fellow of StHugh'sCollege,Oxford. [25] Two portraits of Boothroyd have been part of the parliamentary art collection since 1994 and 1999, respectively. [26] [27] While in an interview in 2021, she said PMQs had "deteriorated a great deal in the last few years", adding: "It's not the quality that it used to be." Hoyle said: “Not only was Betty Boothroyd an inspiring woman, but she was also an inspirational politician, and someone I was proud to call my friend.Boothroyd was an early political activist. Her parents, Archibald and Mary, were members of the Labour party and the Textile Workers’ Union on which they relied for the protection of their jobs in the heavy woollen industry in the old West Riding. They did not always have work, although Mary, a weaver, was more often employed than her husband – because her wages, as a woman, were less. Parliamentary career for Baroness Boothroyd – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament" (yn Saesneg). Parliament of the United Kingdom . Cyrchwyd 13 Mai 2021.

Honorarygraduateschronological". City, University of London. Archived from theoriginal on 14 September 2013 . Retrieved 29 July 2017. After two years across the pond, she returned to the UK where she worked as a political assistant to Labour minister Lord Harry Walston.Speaking to Andrew Marr on LBC, Harman said: “I think it was all the more important then that she was a woman speaker because it was such a man’s world and therefore the symbol of having a woman in the chair was incredibly important not just for parliament but for all of public life. It basically said, ‘look, a woman can be an authority over all of these men’,” Harman added. Selected Honorands". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017 . Retrieved 29 July 2017. Betty Boothroyd Biography |" (yn Saesneg). Archifwyd o'r gwreiddiol ar 19 Gorffennaf 2019 . Cyrchwyd 19 Gorffennaf 2019. Boothroyd died at a hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 February 2023 at the age of 93. [2] Her death was announced the following day by Artwork–BaronessBoothroyd". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017 . Retrieved 29 July 2017.

Baroness Boothroyd stood down from her position as Speaker in 2000 after eight years in the chair presiding over MPs with a firm manner and sense of humour. The following year, when Denis Healey fought and won a byelection in Leeds South East, he recorded that there were only two memorable events during his campaign. One was the death of the King. The other was when he took the afternoon off to judge a speaking contest for young socialists “and chose as winner a bonny lass from Dewsbury who danced as a Tiller girl in the chorus of the local pantomimes: her name was Betty Boothroyd …” That year Boothroyd also stood, although unsuccessfully, for Dewsbury council. Betty Boothroyd, in full Baroness Boothroyd, of Sandwell in the County of West Midlands, (born October 8, 1929, Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England—died February 26, 2023, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England), British Labour Party politician who was the first female speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000). BettyBoothroyd:FuneralheldforfirstwomanCommonsSpeaker". BBC News. 29 March 2023 . Retrieved 29 March 2023. Boothroyd was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (Hon DCL) by the City University London in 1993. She was chancellor of the Open University from 1994 until October 2006 and donated some of her personal papers to the University's archives. In March 1995, she was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University (DUniv). In 1999 she was made an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. [25] Two portraits of Boothroyd have been part of the parliamentary art collection since 1994 and 1999, respectively. [26] [27]

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Betty Boothroyd: To Parliament and beyond". BBC Online. 24 October 2001 . Retrieved 21 January 2009. McSmith, Andy (12 July 2000). "SuperstarwhoruledMPswithanironrodandareadywit". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019 . Retrieved 5 April 2019. Betty Boothroyd, Lady Boothroyd, who has died aged 93, overturned more than 700 years of parliamentary tradition in 1992 when she became the first woman to be elected speaker of the House of Commons. She was a successful and popular speaker who acquired international fame for her brisk, good-humoured style and for the warmth and wit she exuded, along with a whiff of glamour. From 1979 she served as a member of the select committee on foreign affairs and, more importantly, joined the speaker’s panel from which committee chairs are chosen. She was also a member of the House of Commons commission that oversees the running of parliament and in 1987 was appointed third deputy speaker. She became the favoured Labour candidate for the speakership, despite the seniority of Harold Walker, who by that time had been the deputy speaker for nine years, because she had some influential supporters on the Tory benches and because she represented a new chapter for parliamentary affairs. As speaker, she was at the forefront of a generation that smashed the glass ceiling for female politicians. She made the role her own, with a wit and style that will never be replicated.Baroness Boothroyd's term of office coincided with Conservative prime minister Sir John Major's attempts to defend his slim majority and Labour's landslide election win in 1997. Honorary degrees". 21 July 1995. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017 . Retrieved 29 July 2017.