The Honourable Ladies: Volume I
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The Honourable Ladies: Volume I

Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996

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eBook - ePub

The Honourable Ladies: Volume I

Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996

About this book

FOREWORD BY PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAYWhen Constance Markievicz stood for election as MP for Dublin St Patrick's in 1918, few people believed she could win the seat – yet she did. A breakthrough in the bitter struggle for female enfranchisement had come earlier that year, followed by a second landmark piece of legislation allowing women to be elected to Parliament – and Markievicz duly became the first female MP. A member of Sinn FΓ©in, she refused to take her seat. She did, however, pave the way for future generations, and only eleven months later, Nancy Astor entered the Commons. A century on from that historic event, 491 women have now passed through the hallowed doors of Parliament.Each one of these pioneers has fought tenaciously to introduce enduring reform, and in doing so has helped revolutionise Britain's political landscape, ensuring that women's contributions are not consigned to the history books.Containing profiles of every woman MP from 1918 to 1996, and with female contributors from Mary Beard to Caroline Lucas, Ruth Davidson to Yvette Cooper and Margaret Beckett to Ann Widdecombe, The Honourable Ladies is an indispensable and illuminating testament to the stories and achievements of these remarkable women.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Theresa May
  5. Preface by Iain Dale
  6. Preface by Jacqui Smith
  7. Parliamentary Firsts for Women
  8. Women in Parliament
  9. Constance Markievicz, Countess Markievicz – Julia Langdon
  10. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor – Nan Sloane
  11. Margaret Wintringham – Mary Honeyball
  12. Mabel Philipson – Anne-Marie Trevelyan
  13. Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl – Anne Mcguire
  14. Margaret Bondfield – Sally Keeble
  15. Dorothy Jewson – Annabelle Dickson
  16. Susan Lawrence – Lyn Brown
  17. Lady Vera Terrington – Liz Barker
  18. Ellen Wilkinson – Estelle Morris
  19. Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh – ThΓ©rΓ¨se Coffey
  20. Hilda Runciman – Julia Goldsworthy
  21. Ruth Dalton – Dame Mary Beard
  22. Jennie Lee – Elizabeth Vallance
  23. Ethel Bentham – Cat Smith
  24. Mary Agnes Hamilton – Elizabeth Vallance
  25. Lady Megan Lloyd George – Kirsty Williams
  26. Lady Cynthia Mosley – Ruth Smeeth
  27. Marion Phillips – Mary Honeyball
  28. Edith Picton-Turbervill – Jane Merrick
  29. Eleanor Rathbone – Rachel Reeves & Mary Reader
  30. Lady Lucy Noel-Buxton – Oonagh Gay
  31. Dame Leah Manning – Emily Thornberry
  32. Thelma Cazalet-Keir – Shazia Awan-Scully
  33. Ida Copeland – Sarah Mackinlay
  34. Marjorie Graves – Sarah Mackinlay
  35. Dame Florence Horsbrugh – Ruth Davidson
  36. Mary Pickford – Kemi Badenoch
  37. Norah Runge – Oonagh Gay
  38. Helen Shaw – Elaine Gibb
  39. Mavis Tate – Janet Seaton
  40. Dame Irene Ward – Edwina Currie
  41. Sarah Ward – Oonagh Gay
  42. Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson – Anne Jenkin
  43. Agnes Hardie – Anne Mcguire
  44. Edith Summerskill – Yvette Cooper
  45. Jennie Adamson – Linda Gilroy
  46. Beatrice Wright – Sarah Newton
  47. Lady Violet Apsley – Pam Chesters
  48. Alice Bacon – Rachel Reeves
  49. Bessie Braddock – Maria Eagle
  50. Barbara Castle – Anne Perkins
  51. Grace Colman – Jagruti Dave
  52. Freda Corbet – Elizabeth Vallance
  53. Caroline Ganley – Julia Langdon
  54. Barbara Ayrton-Gould – Kathryn Perera
  55. Peggy Herbison – Elizabeth Vallance
  56. Jean Mann – Ayesha Hazarika
  57. Lucy Middleton – Linda Gilroy
  58. Muriel Nichol – Linda Mcdougall
  59. Florence Paton – Nan Sloane
  60. Mabel Ridealgh – Linda Perham
  61. Clarice Shaw – Meg Munn
  62. Edith Wills – Kathryn Stanczyszyn
  63. Priscilla Buchan, Lady Tweedsmuir – Dame Anne Begg
  64. Alice Cullen – Sarah Mackinlay
  65. Elaine Burton – Colleen Fletcher
  66. Eveline Hill – Natalie Bennett
  67. Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith – Angela Browning
  68. Dorothy Rees – Julie Morgan
  69. Eirene White – Jane Merrick
  70. Harriet Slater – Ruth Smeeth
  71. Patricia Ford – Sarah Mackinlay
  72. Dame Edith Pitt – Gisela Stuart
  73. Lena Jeger – Sarah Hayward
  74. Joyce Butler – Lynne Featherstone
  75. Evelyn Emmet – Nusrat Ghani
  76. Patricia Mclaughlin – Annabelle Dickson
  77. Dame Joan Vickers – Janet Fookes
  78. Mervyn Pike – Edwina Currie
  79. Lady Muriel Gammans – Oonagh Gay
  80. Mary Mcalister – Ann Mckechin
  81. Betty Harvie Anderson – Eleanor Laing
  82. Dame Judith Hart – Margaret Beckett
  83. Margaret Thatcher – Virginia Bottomley
  84. Joan Quennell – Claire Perry
  85. Anne Kerr – Natalie Bennett
  86. Margaret Mckay – Zoe Williams
  87. RenΓ©e Short – Emma Reynolds
  88. Shirley Summerskill – Linda Mcdougall
  89. Shirley Williams – Jacqui Smith & Elizabeth Vallance
  90. Gwyneth Dunwoody – Laura Sandys
  91. Jill Knight – Gisela Stuart
  92. Joan Lestor – Fiona Mactaggart
  93. Winnie Ewing – Deborah Mattinson
  94. Bernadette Devlin – Julia Langdon
  95. Dame Peggy Fenner – Tracey Crouch
  96. Doris Fisher – Baroness Christine Crawley
  97. Janet Fookes – Bridie Pearson-Jones
  98. Joan Hall – Linda Mcdougall
  99. Mary Holt – Linda Mcdougall
  100. Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman – Cat Smith
  101. Constance Monks – Linda Mcdougall
  102. Sally Oppenheim-Barnes – Jo-Anne Nadler
  103. Betty Boothroyd – Nusrat Ghani
  104. Margo Macdonald – Joanna Cherry
  105. Lynda Chalker – Esther Mcvey
  106. Maureen Colquhoun – Sally Keeble
  107. Jo Richardson – Joyce Gould
  108. Audrey Wise – Mary Honeyball
  109. Margaret Ewing – Jo Swinson
  110. Helene Hayman – Sarah Childs
  111. Dame Margaret Beckett – Gillian Merron
  112. Joan Maynard – Louise Haigh
  113. Millie Miller – Linda Perham
  114. Ann Taylor – Justine Lancaster
  115. Oonagh Mcdonald – Polly Billington
  116. Sheila Faith – Shazia Awan-Scully
  117. Sheila Wright – Natalie Bennett
  118. Dame Angela Rumbold – Elizabeth Peacock
  119. Harriet Harman – Scarlett Mccgwire
  120. Helen Mcelhone – Bridie Pearson-Jones
  121. Edwina Currie – Nadine Dorries
  122. Anna Mccurley – Annabel Goldie
  123. Elizabeth Peacock – Linda Mcdougall
  124. Dame Marion Roe – Meg Munn
  125. Clare Short – Holly Lynch
  126. Ann Winterton – Carole Walker
  127. Virginia Bottomley – Kitty Ussher
  128. Ann Clwyd – Sarah Mackinlay
  129. Elizabeth Shields – Susan Kramer
  130. Llin Golding – Ruth Smeeth
  131. Rosie Barnes – Miranda Green
  132. Diane Abbott – Kate Osamor
  133. Hilary Armstrong – Julie Elliott
  134. Maria Fyfe – Helena Kennedy
  135. Mildred Gordon – Rushanara Ali
  136. Teresa Gorman – Nicky Morgan
  137. Maureen Hicks – Lucy Fisher
  138. Alice Mahon – Caroline Lucas
  139. Ray Michie – Alison Suttie
  140. Mo Mowlam – Julia Langdon
  141. Emma Nicholson – Elinor Goodman
  142. Dawn Primarolo – Karin Smyth
  143. Joyce Quin – Sharon Hodgson
  144. Dame Joan Ruddock – Vicky Foxcroft
  145. Gillian Shephard – Elizabeth Truss
  146. Joan Walley – Mary Honeyball
  147. Ann Widdecombe – Dame Cheryl Gillan
  148. Kate Hoey – Linda Mcdougall
  149. Sylvia Heal – Sue Hayman
  150. Irene Adams – Fiona Millar
  151. Janet Anderson – Carolyn Quinn
  152. Angela Browning – Suzanne Evans
  153. Anne Campbell – Amber de Botton
  154. Judith Chaplin – Julie Kirkbride
  155. Ann Coffey – Ann Clwyd
  156. Jean Corston – Thangam Debbonaire
  157. Angela Eagle – Jacqui Smith
  158. Dame Cheryl Gillan – Sarah Newton
  159. Glenda Jackson – Tulip Siddiq
  160. Helen Jackson – Angela Smith
  161. Lynne Jones – Caroline Lucas
  162. Tessa Jowell – Helen Hayes
  163. Jane Kennedy – Luciana Berger
  164. Angela Knight – Maggie Throup
  165. Jacqui Lait – Amber de Botton
  166. Liz Lynne – Caroline Pidgeon
  167. Lady Olga Maitland – Ann Widdecombe
  168. Estelle Morris – Jess Phillips
  169. Bridget Prentice – Heidi Alexander
  170. Barbara Roche – Catherine West
  171. Rachel Squire – Oonagh Gay
  172. Diana Maddock – Olly Grender
  173. Judith Church – Linda Gilroy
  174. Dame Margaret Hodge – Meg Hillier
  175. Helen Liddell – Julia Langdon
  176. Roseanna Cunningham – Elaine Gibb
  177. Contributors
  178. Female MPs Index
  179. Copyright
  180. Advertisement