- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEllen Cicely Wilkinson
- Nickname
- Red Ellen
- Ellen Wilkinson was born on October 8, 1891 in Manchester, England, UK. She died on February 6, 1947 in London, England, UK.
- First female Minister of Education in British history, appointed by Clement Attlee.
- A founding member of the British Communist Party in 1920. Appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Pensions in Winston Churchill's wartime government, she was responsible for air raid shelters.
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