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In government, 1940–47
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When Churchill’s wartime coalition formed in May 1940, Wilkinson became a junior minister: first as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions and then in October 1940 as Parliamentary Secretary to Morrison who was the Minister of Home Security and the Home Secretary. Wilkinson’s crossed a political threshold in 1940 and showed no signs of reversal. The 1945 election interlude apart, she remained in government until her death in 1947. Her time in office encompassed momentous times both for domestic and international politics. World war redrew the political landscape and at its end the Labour Party won its first electoral majority, promising fundamental social reform. Attlee made Wilkinson his Minister of Education and she was charged with implementing the 1944 Education Act. This phase of Wilkinson’s life has attracted historians’ attention for her role during the Blitz, her controversial time as Minister of Education and the uncertainties of her death.

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