Edith Summerskill

The Right Honourable The Baroness Summerskill CH PC
Minister of National Insurance
In office 28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	James Griffiths
Succeeded by	Osbert Peake
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food
In office 4 August 1945 – 28 February 1950
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Florence Horsbrugh
Succeeded by	Stanley Evans
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 4 February 1961 – 4 February 1980 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Warrington
In office 26 May 1955 – 4 February 1961
Preceded by	Hyacinth Morgan
Succeeded by	Thomas Williams
Member of Parliament for Fulham West
In office 6 April 1938 – 6 May 1955
Preceded by	Cyril Cobb
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born	(1901-04-19)19 April 1901
Died	4 February 1980(1980-02-04) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Dr Jeffrey Samuel
Children	Shirley Summerskill
Alma mater	King's College London Charing Cross Hospital Medical School

Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, CH, PC (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.