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Amos, Valerie Ann (Baroness Amos of Brondesbury)
1954 - Born in March 13th in British Guiana [now Guyana]. British politician, the first woman of African descent to serve in a British cabinet and as leader of the House of Lords.
1976 - She was educated at Townley Grammar School for Girls and received a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick.
1977 - Earned a master's degree in cultural studies from the University of Birmingham.
1981 - Began a career in local government working in various London boroughs.
1984 - She was Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
- She was a management consultant.
1994 - She was managing director of Quality and Equality.
1997 - She was created Baroness Amos, of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent on September 24th.
2001 - She became parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
2003 - She was appointed leader of the House of Lords, the third ever woman to hold the post.
- Took over as International Development Secretary after the resignation of Clare Short, thereby becoming the first black woman to sit in the cabinet.
1976 - She was educated at Townley Grammar School for Girls and received a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick.
1977 - Earned a master's degree in cultural studies from the University of Birmingham.
1981 - Began a career in local government working in various London boroughs.
1984 - She was Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
- She was a management consultant.
1994 - She was managing director of Quality and Equality.
1997 - She was created Baroness Amos, of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent on September 24th.
2001 - She became parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
2003 - She was appointed leader of the House of Lords, the third ever woman to hold the post.
- Took over as International Development Secretary after the resignation of Clare Short, thereby becoming the first black woman to sit in the cabinet.
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