Climbing the bookshelves
By: Shirley Williams.
Publisher: Virago Press; Virago UK
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781844084760
Subjects: Williams, Shirley, -- 1930-; Women politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Shirley Williams was born to politics. As well as being influenced by her mother, Vera Brittain, her father George Caitlin, a leading political scientist, encouraged his daughter to have high ambitions for herself - including daring to climb the bookshelves in his library. Elected as MP for Hitchin in 1964, she was a member of the Wilson and Callaghan governments and was also the Secretary of State for Education. As one of the 'Gang of Four' Shirley Williams famously broke away from the Labour Party to found the SDP in 1981 and later supported its merger with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats -- globalbooksinprint.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.