Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the Twentieth Century

by Paula Bartley

This book examines the political lives and contributions of Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson, Barbara Castle, Judith Hart and Shirley Williams, the only five women to achieve Cabinet rank in a Labour Government from the party's creation until Blair became Prime Minister. Paula Bartley brings together newly discovered archival material and published work to provide a survey of these women, all of whom managed to make a mark out of all proportion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030142876
• ISBN13: 9783030142872
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"