Climbing The Bookshelves by Shirley Williams - ISBN: 9781844084753
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A woman’s journey through postwar politics, daring to break barriers.

Climbing The Bookshelves

The autobiography of Shirley Williams

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    464 pages

  • Release Date

    1 December 2010

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Summary

The role of women in our society has changed out of all recognition. But it has changed least in the House of Commons. I want to describe those changes and the resistances to them through the magnifying glass of my own life, a life that coincides with our turbulent post-war history.

Shirley Williams was born to politics. As well as being influenced by her mother, Vera Brittian, her father George Caitlin, a leading political scientist, encouraged his daughter to have high ambitions for…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781844084753
ISBN-10:1844084752
Author:Shirley Williams
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:1 December 2010
Weight:350g
Dimensions:205mm x 149mm x 31mm
About The Author

Shirley Williams

Shirley Williams was born to Vera Brittain in 1930. She was a member of the Labour Party for 35 years before later becoming leader of the Liberal Democrats. She continues to lecture and serves as an advisor on Nuclear Proliferation to Gordon Brown.

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