Today -100: November 7, 1924: Of cabinets, empress dowagers, and legislatresses

New British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin appoints serial party-switcher Winston Churchill chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he has no particular qualifications for; Austen Chamberlain foreign secretary; Leo Amery colonial secretary; and William Joynson-Hicks, the undelightful human with the delightful nickname Jix, home secretary.

Denmark refuses Russia’s demand that it kick out Maria Feodorovna, the 76-year-old former empress of Russia (1881-94), who was born in Denmark.

The Nebraska Legislature will get its first 3 women members, two R’s and a D.

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