London Bernadette Devlin - from our story 'Flashback to April 23 – Photos from this day in history'

Miss Bernadette Devlin, youngest woman Member of Parliament, who took her seat in the House of Commons for Mid – Ulster, blows out the candles on a birthday cake at Television House in London on April 23, 1969, her 22nd birthday. Miss Devlin had appeared on a ‘Today’ current events programme on television. (AP Photo)