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Until the arrival of Lady Thatcher, Castle was the most charismatic, the most successful and the most controversial woman in the British political arena. Since her death, she has been rightly regarded as a woman who could have achieved even greater power, had the boys` club running the Labour Party not prevented her from doing so. Her uncompromising commitment to Labour`s traditional values was, until the very end, a sharp contrast to the government of Tony Blair and New Labour.
Barbara Castle's journey was not just one of personal ambition, but a crusade against the inequalities and injustices she witnessed from a young age. Born into a politically aware family, she was no stranger to the struggles of the working class, nor to the fiery debates that simmered over dinner tables across Britain. Her entry into politics was not merely a career choice; it was a calling, a life's mission to uplift those who society had left behind.Castle's legacy is often encapsulated by her ground-breaking work as the Minister of Transport and her indomitable spirit in the face of adversity. However, to remember her solely for her political achievements is to overlook the richness of he...
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Barbara Castle was only the fourth woman ever to hold a Cabinet post. She might well have been the first woman prime minister but for a fatal decision which almost brought down the government. This in - depth biography look at both the pioneering woman politician, who was unafraid to speak her mind and who was a vociferous campaigner against colonialism and nuclear arms amongst other causes, and the woman behind the political mask - a daughter of socialist believers, a wife (of a Fleet Street newspaperman) and a lover (of William Mellor, one of the most important socialist thinkers of the 20th century). Her career is a history of the Labour Party from its radical beginnings as the Independen...
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Biografieën van de dochters (Christabel, 1880-1958 en Sylvia, 1882-1960) van de voorvechtster voor het vrouwenkiesrecht in Engeland