A Working Woman: The Remarkable Life of Ray Strachey is a
traditional biography of a very untraditional woman. Tug-of-love
child, Ward in Chancery, pampered schoolgirl, pioneer car driver,
would-be electrical engineer, triumphant suffragist, political
lobbyist, historian, biographer, novelist, journalist, broadcaster,
well-known public figure, enthusiastic bricklayer, devoted mother,
despairing stepmother, neglected wife: Ray Strachey was all of
these and more. Bertrand Russell taught her maths; John Maynard
Keynes fell (a little) in love with her; Virginia Woolf was
over-awed by her; Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Nancy Astor
depended on her. She inspired admiration in men and gratitude close
to worship in women. As a close colleague of Millicent Fawcett, Ray
Strachey played a major, non-violent, role in gaining British women
the vote in 1918. She was one of the first female Parliamentary
candidates, and became one of the leading feminists of the
inter-war years, devoted in particular to improving employment
opportunities for women. A brilliant political lobbyist with an
extraordinary range of contacts, she was also a celebrated author,
journalist and broadcaster, still remembered for her classic
history of the Women's Movement, The Cause (1928). She achieved all
this as a working mother with overwhelming family responsibilities
and an unusual (some said eccentric) private life. Lavishly
illustrated, this first full account of Ray Strachey's life is
based on extensive research and draws heavily on her own lively and
forthright comments on people and events. Interweaving her public
roles with her challenging private life on the fringes of the
Bloomsbury set, it features a host of well-known personalities, and
introduces a new generation of readers to a fascinating though
neglected fighter for women's rights.
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