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Necessary Women - The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women (Hardcover)
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Necessary Women - The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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Drawing on unique research based on the Parliamentary archives,
government records and family history sources, Mari Takayanagi and
Liz Hallam-Smith show how women touched just about every aspect of
the life of Parliament, largely unacknowledged - until now. Along
the way, we meet an array of impressive and life-affirming women:
from the Rickman sisters eavesdropping on Parliamentary debates
from the roof space above the Commons in the 1820s; to Jane, the
doyenne of Bellamy's, purveyors of tea, chops, steaks, pies and
wine to MPs in the 1840s; and to Jean Winder, the first female
Hansard reporter, who fought for years after being appointed in
1944 to be paid the same as her male counterparts. As historians
and Parliamentary insiders themselves, Takayanagi and Hallam-Smith
bring these unsung heroes to life, charting along the way the
changing context for working women within and beyond the Palace of
Westminster.
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