Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon,

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(née Feldman, 13 June 1933 – 21 June 2014) was a British politician (

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Life

Miller attained an LL.B. in 1957 at the

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. Miller was appointed a

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(MBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours for services to women's rights. She served as a

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from 1994 to 1997 and as

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from 1997 to 1999. From 1995 to 1997 she served as Government Spokesperson for health and from 1996 to 1997 for Education and Employment. She was created a

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on 14 October 1993 as Baroness Miller of Hendon, of Gore in the

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. Baroness Miller was the Chairman of the charity Attend (then National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) from 1998 to 2003. When she retired in 2003, she was honored as a vice president and held that position until she died in 2014. From 2002 she was Vice-chair of the Israel Group. She also sat on the House of Lords Information Committee and an EU Sub-Committee

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