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

Name: Edith Summerskill: The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP
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ISBN 13: 9781350252424
ISBN 10: 1350252425
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Book Description: 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.
About the Author: Mary Honeyball is a former Labour MEP who has represented London from 2000-2019. She was the Labour representative in the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee in the European Parliament and Socialist & Democrat group co-ordinator on the Parliament's Culture and Education committee. She is also a regular blogger on women's rights, religion and politics.
Language: English
Author: Mary Honeyball
Publication Date: 2022-07-14
Number of Pages: 280 pages