Personal details
Full Name:
- Mabel Bowden Howard
Lifetime:
- 18 Apr 1894–23 Jun 1972
Biography
Mabel Howard
In 1947, 14 years after Elizabeth McCombs had become the first woman MP, and more than half a century after women had won the vote, Mabel Howard became New Zealand’s first woman Cabinet minister.
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29 May 1947Mabel Howard becomes first female Cabinet ministerWhen Howard was appointed minister of health and minister in charge of child welfare, she became the first woman to serve as a Cabinet minister in a Commonwealth country. Read more...
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Main image: Mabel Howard
Howard became New Zealand's first female Cabinet Minister in 1947
