Parliamentary pioneers : Labour women MPs 1918-1945 / Mary Honeyball.
By: Honeyball, Mary [author.]
.Publisher: Chatham, Kent : Urbane Publications, 2015Description: xxiv, 167 pages : illustrations, portraits (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781909273856; 9781909273863.Subject(s): Great Britain. Parliament -- History -- 20th century | Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century | Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Women legislators -- Great Britain -- Biography | Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 328.41072 Summary: "'Parliamentary Pioneers : Labour Women MPs 1918-1945' is a compelling account of the trailblazers who laid the foundations for women having an influential voice in the House of Commons. Written by MEP and authoritative spokesperson on women's rights and gender equality Mary Honeyball, the book tells the story of the issues these first MPs championed, the challenges they faced, and the lives they led. This doughty group of women, tough and individualistic as they all were, maintained their independence both in their politics and in their personal lives. Told through the prism of key contemporary issues, such as working-class women's fight for birth control, education, welfare and work, this book brings to life the little known history of those first Labour women to sit in the House of Commons. Including exclusive interviews with Harriet Harman and Stella Creasy, this book shows how fair representation for women at Westminster has proved to be a long haul, and just how much is owed to the original Parliamentary Pioneers."-- Taken from book-cover.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 328.41072 HON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020341 |
"'Parliamentary Pioneers : Labour Women MPs 1918-1945' is a compelling account of the trailblazers who laid the foundations for women having an influential voice in the House of Commons. Written by MEP and authoritative spokesperson on women's rights and gender equality Mary Honeyball, the book tells the story of the issues these first MPs championed, the challenges they faced, and the lives they led. This doughty group of women, tough and individualistic as they all were, maintained their independence both in their politics and in their personal lives. Told through the prism of key contemporary issues, such as working-class women's fight for birth control, education, welfare and work, this book brings to life the little known history of those first Labour women to sit in the House of Commons. Including exclusive interviews with Harriet Harman and Stella Creasy, this book shows how fair representation for women at Westminster has proved to be a long haul, and just how much is owed to the original Parliamentary Pioneers."-- Taken from book-cover.