Climbing The Bookshelves - The autobiography of Shirley Williams

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext * The inspirational autobiography of Shirley Williams - a good and much-loved politician - out now in paperback * The inspirational autobiography of Shirley Williams - a good and much-loved politician - out now in paperback Zusammenfassung 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 herself - including daring to climb the bookshelves in his library. Elected as MP for Hitchin in 1964, she was a member of the Wilson and Callaghan governments and was also the Secretary of State for Education. As one of the 'Gang of Four' Shirley Williams famously broke away from the Labour Party to found the SDP in 1981 and later supported its merger with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats. CLIMBING THE BOOKSHELVES is the voice of strong and passionate woman of luminous intelligence.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Williams, Williams Shirley
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2010
• EAN: 9781844084753
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-475-3
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 205 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Central / national / federal government, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government