Edith Summerskill: The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP (2022)

Edith Summerskill: The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP An Independent Book of the Month Edith Summerskill was a remarkable politician, feminist, physician, campaigner and writer. At a time when there were few powerful women in public life, Dr Edith, as she was known, served in Clement Attlee's transformational post-war Labour government and oversaw the National Insurance scheme which solidified the welfare state in Britain. Here, Labour MEP Mary Honeyball, provides the first biography of this remarkable early pioneer for women in politics. Honeyball shows how Edith Summerskill's direct campaigning was instrumental in promoting women's causes throughout her life and lays out her remarkable achievements in securing the equal rights of housewives and divorced women over property. This is an uplifting and enlightening account of a forgotten Labour hero. Autor: Mary Honeyball Wydawnictwo: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Rok wydania: 2022 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 280 Wymiary: 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.9 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781350252424