@article{890478,
      recid = {890478},
      author = {Bartley, Paula,},
      title = {Labour women in power : cabinet ministers in the twentieth  century /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book examines the political lives and contributions  of Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson, Barbara Castle,  Judith Hart and Shirley Williams, the only five women to  achieve Cabinet rank in a Labour Government from the  party's creation until Blair became Prime Minister. Paula  Bartley brings together newly discovered archival material  and published work to provide a survey of these women, all  of whom managed to make a mark out of all proportion to  their numbers. Charting their ideas, characters, and  formative influences, Bartley provides an account of their  rise to power, analysing their contribution to policy  making, and assessing their significance and reputation.  She shows that these women were not a homogeneous group,  but came from diverse family backgrounds, entered politics  in their own discrete way, and rose to power at different  times. Some were more successful than others, but despite  their diversity these women shared one thing in common:  they all functioned in a male world.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/890478},
}