Jean Winder

Florence "Jean" May Winder (1909-2006) (née Hayward) was the first woman to hold a permanent post as a parliamentary reporter for Hansard, the official record of debate in the Houses of Parliament in the UK. [1][2][3] Appointed in 1944, she pushed for equal pay for women reporters and achieved this in 1953. She then became the first woman to make a speech at a Press Gallery dinner.[2] She retired in 1960.[4]

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  2. ^ a b Dadley, Portia. "The Battle of Mrs Winder". parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ Mulia, Pandikar Amin; Kiandee, Dr Ronald; Said, Dr Ismail; Brodie, Doris Sophia; Pillai, Kamala Bhaie M. G. (1 July 2020). The True Mirror: Malaysian Journal of the Legislature (Volume 1, Issue 1). Priyanka's Enterprise. p. 6. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  4. ^ Takayanagi, Mari (2018). "Winder [née Hayward, other married name Hawke], Florence May [Jean] (1909–2006), parliamentary reporter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111903. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 20 September 2022.