Name: Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics
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In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Her achievement was all the more remarkable given that women (and even then only some women) had only been entitled to vote for just over a year. In the past 100 years, a total of 491 women have been elected to Parliament. Yet it was not until 2016 that the total number of women ever elected surpassed the number of male MPs in a single parliament. The achievements of these political pioneers have been remarkable – Britain has now had two female Prime Ministers and women MPs have made significant strides in fighting for gender equality from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Barbara Castle’s fight for equal pay to Harriet Harman’s recent legislation on the gender pay gap. Yet the stories of so many women MPs have too often been overlooked in political histories. In this book, Rachel Reeves brings forgotten MPs out of the shadows and looks at the many battles fought by the Women of Westminster, from 1919 to 2019.

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PartNumber	34973700	Author	Reeves, Rachel
Brand	I.B. Tauris	Manufacturer	I.B. Tauris
Item Weight	1.30 Pounds	ItemDimensions	5.83 x 1.26 x 8.57Inches
ReleaseDate	2019-04-18T00:00:01Z	NumberOfItems	1
binding	Hardcover	Amazon Category	Books » History » European History » Great Britain History
Amazon Category	Books » History » World History » Women in History	Amazon Category	Books » Politics & Social Sciences » Social Sciences » Gender Studies » General Gender Studies
Amazon Category	Books » Politics & Social Sciences » Politics & Government » International & World Politics » European Politics Books	Amazon Category	Books » Politics & Social Sciences » Politics & Government » Specific Topics in Politics & Government » Women in Politics
ISBN	1788312201	EAN	9781788312202

Weight	1.30 lbs

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