- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Betty Boothroyd was born on October 8, 1929 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. She died on February 26, 2023 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsBen Archibald BoothroydMary (née Butterfield)
- First woman Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000
- Chancellor of the Open University since 1994.
- Freeman of the City of London, 1993.
- Admitted to the Privy Council in 1992.
- MP for West Bromwich West, 1974-2000 (West Bromwich, 1973-1974).
- [Why didn't you get married?] I was doing other things.
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