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Edith Summerskill

By Mary Honeyball

Edith Summerskill

By Mary Honeyball

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2025-10-02
Publication Date:
2025-10-02
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
135049965X
ISBN13:
9781350499652
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
450 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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