Margaret Anstee
Dame Margaret Anstee | |
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Dame Margaret Anstee at the Honduran Military Academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |
| Born | Margaret Joan Anstee 25 June 1926 |
| Died | 25 August 2016 (aged 90) Knill, Herefordshire, England |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge University of London |
| Occupation(s) | Diplomat at the United Nations (1952–1993) |
Dame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG (25 June 1926 – 25 August 2016) was a British diplomat who served at the United Nations for over four decades (1952–93), rising to the rank of an Under-Secretary-General in 1987. She was the first woman to hold this position.