Climbing The Bookshelves
The autobiography of Shirley Williams
$40.64
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2010
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 |
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| 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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