Mo Mowlam(1949-2005)
Born on 18 September 1949 in Watford, Mo Mowlam went to school in
Coventry and read Social Anthropology at the University of Durham.
After gaining a PhD in 1978 from Iowa University, she lectured at the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne and worked at Northern College,
Barnsley. Mowlam was elected Labour MP for Redcar in 1987 and held
various Opposition posts until her appointment as Secretary of State
for Northern Ireland when Labour came to power in 1997. After two
years, she became Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, an office she held until stepping down as an MP at
the General Election of June 2001.
