Margaret Cole

Dame Margaret Cole

DBE
Dame Margaret Cole; DBE
	Portrait by Stella Bowen, 1944–1945
Born	Margaret Isabel Postgate; 6 May 1893; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	7 May 1980 (aged 87); United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer, politician
Alma mater	Roedean School; Girton College, Cambridge
Genre	Mystery, biography
Spouse	G.D.H. Cole (m. 1918; died 1959)
Relatives	John Percival Postgate (father); Edith Allen (mother); Raymond Postgate (brother); Oliver Postgate (nephew); John Postgate (nephew); Richard J. Cole (grandson);

Dame Margaret Isabel Cole DBE (née Postgate; 6 May 1893 – 7 May 1980) was an English socialist politician, writer and poet. She wrote several detective stories jointly with her husband, G. D. H. Cole. She went on to hold important posts in London government after the Second World War.