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Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics
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Author Rachel Reeves
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date
7 March 2019
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages352
ISBN 9781448217854
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Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics is a non-fiction book by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. It was published on 7 March 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing . [1]

Contents

Content

Figures which the book focuses on include Barbara Castle, Ellen Wilkinson, Jennie Lee, Diane Abbott. [2]

The book eschews the suffrage movement almost entirely. [3] According to The Guardian, the theme of sisterhood across the parties is very prominent in the book. [1]

Reception

The book received mostly favourable reviews from critics.

A review in Modern British History was favourable of Women of Westminster, describing it as having the styler of an "insider's account". [4] The Guardian reviewed Women of Westminster very favourably. [1]

Controversy

The book appears to have used "unattributed content" from an obituary of the Daily Telegraph. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Merrick, Jane (15 March 2019). "Women of Westminster by Rachel Reeves review – the MPs who changed politics". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Baxter, Sarah (27 October 2023). "Women of Westminster: Labour's Rachel Reeves celebrates the MPs who changed the face of power". The Times. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ↑ McKie, Adam (1 June 2020). "Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics. By RachelReeves. London: I.B. Tauris. 2019. xviii, 311 pp. £18.99. ISBN 9781788312202" . Parliamentary History. 39 (2): 359–360. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12491. ISSN   0264-2824.
  4. ↑ Morphakis, Francesca (1 June 2020). "Women of Westminster: The MPs Who Changed Politics. By Rachel Reeves" . Twentieth Century British History. 31 (2): 282–283. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwz027. ISSN   0955-2359.
  5. ↑ Smith, Benedict (24 December 2023). "Rachel Reeves book used Telegraph obituary without attribution". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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