Shirley Williams (1) (1930–2021)
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About the Author
Image credit: Shirley Williams (1930-2021).
Obras de Shirley Williams
Britain and the free trade area 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Home Front: A Mirror to Life in England During the First World War (1932) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 20 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Catlin, Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1930-07-27
- Data de falecimento
- 2021-04-12
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Minnesota, USA
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- Talbot Heath School
University of Oxford (Somerville College)
Columbia University
St Paul's Girls' School, London - Ocupação
- journalist
politician - Relacionamentos
- Williams, Bernard (husband|1955|divorced|1974)
Neustadt, Richard E. (second husband|1987|his death|2003)
Brittain, Vera (mother)
Catlin, John (brother) - Organizações
- House of Commons
House of Lords
Labour Party
Social Democratic Party
Liberal Democrats
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (mostrar todas 13)
Comite des Sages
Ditchley Foundation
Institute for Public Policy Research
Council on Foreign Relations
Chatham House
Twentieth Century Fund
Nuclear Threat Initiative - Premiações
- Life Peerage
Privy Councilor - Pequena biografia
- Five boxes of Shirley Williams's archive were donated to the British Library in 2023.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 137
- Popularidade
- #149,084
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 28
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1
Shirley touches upon an important aspect of her career, quite near to the end of this book: she was, I always felt, better than the roles that she took on: challenging for the deputy leadership of the party, not the leadership.
In many ways, the political careers of the 'gang of four', the Labour politicians who broke away to form the SDP could be considered wasted; they all had much more than we saw but, without their sacrifice, it is highly unlikely that the Labour Party would have seen common sense. Without Williams, Owen, Jenkins and Rogers we would, almost certainly not have had Blair.
This book, rightly, concentrates upon Shirley Williams political exploits, but does cover her 'ordinary life' too. Unquestionably, the most significant aspects of this work are her insights into the politicians with whom she served. She is not vindictive and, unlike certain political memoirs, there is no sense of 'wrongs righted'. This book has added to my knowledge of Harold Wilson, David Owen, and Tony Blair, to name but a few.
Thank you Shirley Williams for your sacrifice and for this book which has enough good sense and insight to hide any lack of literary genius.… (mais)