Madge Biggs

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. The following year she was appointed to the Legislative Council, becoming its first female member. She remained a member for two years.

Biggs left the Falklands only twice during her life; once to Montevideo during World War II to purchase spectacles, and once to the United Kingdom for medical treatment late in her life. She died in September 1995.