Alice Martha Bacon blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Alice Martha Bacon. Yorkshire's first woman MP representing Leeds North East then Leeds South East from 1945 to 1970, held her constituency surgeries in this building. As a minister, she introduced comprehensive education and, as a social reformer, she championed abolition of the death penalty, decriminalisation of homosexuality and legalisation of abortion. 1909-1993 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

Alice Martha Bacon was Yorkshire's first woman MP, serving from 1945 to 1970, and played a crucial role in social reforms including the abolition of the death penalty and the decriminalisation of homosexuality.