Ambition and Beyond: Career Paths of American Politicians

by Shirley Williams

260 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

About the author

The Right Honourable Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Companion of Honour, Privy Counselor to Queen Elizabeth II, was a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister before becoming a co-founder of the more centrist Social Democratic Party in 1981. After this merged with the Liberal Democrats, she was made a life peer and served as the Leader of the Lib-Dems in the House of Lords from 2001 until her retirement in 2004.