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Rose Rosenberg
CBE
1929
Born(1892-09-01)1 September 1892
Spitalfields, London, England
Died13 April 1966(1966-04-13) (aged 73)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesRose Hoenig
Occupationadministrator
Years active1919–1950s
For the Mexican painter, see Rosa Rosenberg.

Rose Rosenberg,

Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda. She was known for her ability to keep secrets, monitoring those who wished to engage with MacDonald, and earned the nickname "Miss Rose of No. 10" from the international press. She was honored as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1930. In later life, she worked for the British publicity office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and in various positions during World War II providing assistance.

Early life

Rose Rosenberg was born on 1 September 1892 in

Lady Rhondda.[4][5][1]

Career

In 1919, she joined the general staff of the Parliamentary Labour Party[4][5] and in 1923 was hired by Ramsay MacDonald, the Labour Party leader, as his private secretary.[3][6] When MacDonald became Prime Minister (PM) she earned the nickname in the press as "Miss Rose of No. 10", after 10 Downing Street, headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom. She remained at her post when he resigned the premiership in 1925 and became the leader of the opposition. From 1929[4] through MacDonald's second posting as PM, which ended in 1935, Rosenberg was the conduit for information between him and both the press and the House of Commons.[7]

Rosenberg maintained the correspondence of MacDonald, keeping the only other key to his confidential papers. She and his daughter Ishbel MacDonald became friends and together they tried to shield him from the pressures of office. In 1928, she became the first woman admitted to the House of Commons' Strangers' Dining Room and the following year accompanied MacDonald on a visit to the United States, the first time a sitting British PM had come to the US.[1] She was honored as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1930.[8] She served him until 1937[5] and left in June to serve as an executive at the British branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in charge of their publicity.[9][1]

On 2 October 1939, Rosenberg married Laszlo Hoenig, a Hungarian architect and interior designer, in

Women's Voluntary Service[11] for Civil Defence.[13] She also worked on the Committee of Friends of the Hebrew University and performed work with refugees.[1] She and Hoenig divorced in 1954 and she returned as a legal advisor to the National Council for Civil Liberties.[13]

Death and legacy

Hoenig died on 13 April 1966, in London.[14] She was remembered as the "power behind Ramsay MacDonald's throne" for her ability to maintain discretion and to navigate and manage communications conduits to and from the Prime Minister.[7] Though in later life she would give interviews about office procedures during her tenure with MacDonald, she refused to publish a memoir or divulge information on the personalities or business to which she was privy.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Curthoys 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Zunser 1929, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Ody 1929, p. 23.
  4. ^ a b c d The Pittsburgh Press 1930, p. 37.
  5. ^ a b c Klotts 1937, p. 5.
  6. ^ Church 1924, p. 85.
  7. ^ a b Illustrated London News 1966, p. 31.
  8. ^ The Guardian 1930, p. 12.
  9. ^ The Times 1937, p. 18.
  10. ^ The Times 1939, p. 12.
  11. ^ a b The Winnipeg Tribune 1939, p. 14.
  12. ^ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1939, p. 30.
  13. ^ a b The Times 1966, p. 14.
  14. ^ Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1966.

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