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Winning for Women
Labour in government has achieved much for women, through the National Childcare Strategy, the Working Families Tax Credit and the National Minimum Wage. Steps have also been taken to improve the representation of women. Yet there is still much to be done and this pamphlet addresses that issue.
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Published March 31, 2000
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October 8, 2018
OK, I admit I didn't quite finish it. Could not face the last 70 pages and I have started it last February. I am in two minds about it and this is why is still gave it 3 stares (for those who have more staying power than myself). Harriet Harman is a really important British politician, part of the Blair Babes (although I hate this term and so does she). It was therefore really interesting to learn about her background and unsurprisingly in even British Labour politics, it was quite a privileged one, but at least she made the most of it and never looked down on those who don't have this background. She also has no chip on her shoulder and if she hadn't chosen to be a Labour MP, would have been able to have a very lucrative and illustrious career in law indeed. Instead she fought for working class people and especially women.
It was very interesting to go back in time with her and whilst I was not aware of many of these issues at the time, having been young and working class myself, with hindsight I am shocked how shockingly badly women were still treated in the 80s and 90s. Harriet worked really hard for married women to have the right to their own employment benefit, women to receive child benefit, etc, etc. and it is shocking how even and sometimes especially her male labour colleagues (including one Jeremy Corbin) and trade union representative treated her, her colleagues and other women. How they just did not think than any "female" or "family" issues were really important.
However, and this is not her fault and part of her way up so to say, this book is full of council meetings, talks about council meetings, electioneering and such like, which in the end took my will to read on further. But, I am glad I made it that far and if anyone manages the last 70 pages, please let me know if something important or worthwhile has happened in them :)
It was very interesting to go back in time with her and whilst I was not aware of many of these issues at the time, having been young and working class myself, with hindsight I am shocked how shockingly badly women were still treated in the 80s and 90s. Harriet worked really hard for married women to have the right to their own employment benefit, women to receive child benefit, etc, etc. and it is shocking how even and sometimes especially her male labour colleagues (including one Jeremy Corbin) and trade union representative treated her, her colleagues and other women. How they just did not think than any "female" or "family" issues were really important.
However, and this is not her fault and part of her way up so to say, this book is full of council meetings, talks about council meetings, electioneering and such like, which in the end took my will to read on further. But, I am glad I made it that far and if anyone manages the last 70 pages, please let me know if something important or worthwhile has happened in them :)
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