Rita Childers | |
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![]() Childers in 1973 | |
Born | Margaret Mary Dudley 25 February 1915 Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 9 May 2010 Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland | (aged 95)
Resting place | Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | City, University of London |
Spouse | |
Children | Nessa |
Margaret Childers (née Dudley; 19 July 1915 – 9 May 2010) was a press attaché at the British Embassy in Dublin, civil servant and activist. She became the wife of the 4th president of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers, and later was a candidate for the presidency.