Agnes Agnew Hardie (née Pettigrew; 6 September 1874 – 24 March 1951) was a British

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politician.

Early life

Her association with the Labour movement began when she was a shop girl in

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."Glasgow's First Woman M.P." ''

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'' 8 September 1937 She was a pioneer member of the Shop Assistants' Union, acting for some years as organizer. During the

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she was a woman's organizer of the Labour Party and was a member of the then Glasgow Education Authority. She married George Hardie, who was a

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(MP) and brother of

Keir Hardie James Keir Hardie (15 August 185626 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. ...

. After an early career in the National Union of Shop Assistants, she was the Women's Organizer for the Labour Party in Scotland from 1918 to 1923.

Career

At the Glasgow Springburn by-election in 1937 caused by the death of her husband, she was elected as

(MP) for Glasgow Springburn, and held the seat until her retirement at the

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. On her election she was Glasgow's first female MP, the fifth female MP ever to be elected in Scotland and the second Scottish Labour MP, after Jennie Lee.

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Early life

Career

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