Madge Biggs
Falkland Islands librarian and politician (1902-1985)
Madge Brigid Francis Biggs (26 July 1902 – 8 September 1995) was a Falkland Islands librarian and politician. In 1950 she became the first woman to sit in the Legislative Council.
Biography
Biggs was born in Marmont Row, Stanley in July 1902 to Mary and Vincent Biggs, a shipwright who worked for the Falkland Islands Company. One of nine children, she attended school at St Mary's. She trained as a teacher, before becoming the government librarian, a role she held for nearly half a century. She also trained to become the first radiographer on the islands and worked at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for nine years. She later took over the family sweet shop after the death of her brother, running it until selling it to the Falklands Islands Company in 1982.
At the start of World War II she became treasurer of the Falkland Islands Red Cross Society. During the war she set up a canteen for British troops stationed on the islands. She was awarded an MBE in the 1949 Birthday Honours.
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