Mary Gladstone
Subtitle: a gentle rebel
By: Sheila Gooddie.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Drew, Mary Gladstone, 1847-1927; Gladstone, W. E. 1809-1898 -- Family; Women in politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Private secretaries -- Great Britain -- Biography; Spouses of clergy -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
Genres: Family.; Biography.
Description: "Mary Gladstone was daughter and private secretary to William Gladstone, who spent sixty-three years in the House of Commons, twenty-seven of them in office, and was four times Prime Minister. This placed her at the heart of British politics, campaigning for her father, dealing with official correspondence and controlling access to the Prime Minister as well as disseminating and controlling information from him both to the press and to his ministers. This biography of Mary focuses on the period during which she was working with her father up to his death in 1898. It covers a crucial period in British history including Gladstone's attempts to give home rule to Ireland, brinkmanship in the Balkans, the height of the Empire and domestic reform such as universal male suffrage and elementary education for all."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index.