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Labour Women in Power

Paula Bartley

Labour Women in Power Cabinet Ministers in the Twentieth Century

Paula Bartley Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

ISBN 978-3-030-14287-2 ISBN 978-3-030-14288-9  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14288-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932971 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover images: Margaret Bondfield © GL Archive/Alamy Stock Photo; Barbara Castle © Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy Stock Photo; Judith Hart © Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy Stock Photo; Ellen Wilkinson © Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo; Shirley Williams © Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Fatima Jamadar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

For Dóra, Kata and Réka Dudley; and Eva and Kate Karalius.

Acknowledgements

Every historian is indebted to archivists and librarians whose specialist knowledge smooths the way for researchers. I am especially grateful to Emma Pizarro, Gemma Read and their colleagues at the LSE library; Carole Jones and the staff at the library and Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick; Jess Dunnicliff at Stratford-upon-Avon public library; Sophie Welsh and Nicola O’Toole at the Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries; Debbie Horner and the library staff at the British Library. Judith Hart deposited her constituency papers in Glasgow which would have been impenetrable, but for the help, I received from Michael Gallagher and Barbara McLean at the City Archives. The archivists at the People’s History Museum, especially Darren Treadwell and Julie Parry were, as ever, exemplary, always welcom

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