Diane Abbott
(1953-Present) The first black female to be elected as a member of the British Parliament.A graduate of Cambridge University, Abbott came from a working class family in London. She joined the Labour Party at the age of eighteen. After graduating from college she worked for many years with a department of the government that oversaw many domestic issues. Afterwards she became the first black to work for the National Council for Civil Liberties. She won a seat with the Westminster council in 1982, joined parliament in 1985 and became one of four percent of women who serve in elected office in Britain. Other blacks soon took office in 1987. Now, she has made history for being the first black to serve in office in the British Parliament and has become a controversial figure because of her protests against racism and other political views.
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