{"product_id":"edith-summerskill-the-life-and-times-of-a-pioneering-feminist-labour-mp-9781350252424","title":"Edith Summerskill: The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDr. Edith Summerskill was a pioneering female politician, feminist, physician, campaigner, and writer who served in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government and oversaw the National Insurance scheme. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball has written the first biography of this remarkable early pioneer for women in politics, highlighting her direct campaigning and achievements in securing equal rights for housewives and divorced women over property. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 280 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 14 July 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoneyball 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 608g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 241 x 165 x 29 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781350252424\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Honeyball","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44094166597882,"sku":"9781350252424","price":17.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781350252424.jpg?v=1703578410","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/edith-summerskill-the-life-and-times-of-a-pioneering-feminist-labour-mp-9781350252424","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}