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Celebrating Betty Boothroyd's career

[[[image-0 medium left]]]Betty Boothroyd was Chancellor of The Open University from 1995 until 2006, and today marks the 25th anniversary of her becoming the first female Speaker of the House of Commons – and here at the OU Library we are excited to share her story with you. In fact did you know that our library building in Milton Keynes was named after our former Chancellor?

A new online exhibition on the OU Digital Archive uses archive footage, audio clips and images to explore Betty Boothroyd’s career and her time as OU Chancellor.  To find our more visit the exhibition at
https://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/exhibition/91