Nora David, Baroness David

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Nora Ratcliff David, Baroness David ( September 23, 1913 - November 29, 2009 ) was a British politician and member of the House of Lords for the Labor Party .

Nora David visited the Girls' Grammar School in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and St. Felix School in Southwold before English studies at Newnham College of the University of Cambridge studied. She finished her studies in 1935 and married Richard William David († 1993) in the same year, with whom she raised two sons and two daughters.

Political career

In 1965 she became a judge of the peace in Cambridge . From 1968 to 1974 she was a councilor in Cambridge and then a member of the county council in Cambridgeshire .

In 1978, she was the Baroness David, of Romsey in the City of Cambridge for Life Peer appointed and has since been a member of the House of Lords . Her political interests were in the areas of education, the environment, internal affairs and children.

From 1979 to 1997 she was spokeswoman for the Labor opposition in the House of Lords for Education, with the exception of the years 1985–1987, in which she devoted herself to environmental policy.

Since 1990 she has been chairwoman of the Children Group .

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SURNAME David, Nora, Baroness David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES David, Nora Ratcliff, Baroness David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor)
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1913
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 2009