M is an Archivist!

On this date in 1991, Dame Stella Rimington (1935- ) became Director General of MI5, Britain’s secret intelligence service. She was the first female MI5 Director General, the first to be named publicly, and the first to publish an autobiography. She was made a Dame Commander of the Bath in 1996 and was the model for Judi Dench’s "M" in the James Bond movies. She earned a Diploma in Archive Administration from the University of Liverpool in 1959.