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The Livewire Book of British Women Achievers
Kate Murphy
£5.99
An educational and engaging rollcall of the successes of over 500 British women achievers, covering more than 700 occupations.
We all know that Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first female Prime Minister but who was the first woman:
• accused of witchcraft?
• awarded the Order of Merit?
• elected a member of the House of Commons?
• convicted of murder?
And did you know that it was a woman who:
• wrote the first known autobiography in the English Language?
• introduced the first Marriage and Divorce Act into Parliament?
• invented overarm bowling?
Kate Murphy
is a history graduate and a radio producer. She has worked on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour for the past eoght years, specialising in women's history. She is the author of three other books, including Women's London and lives in London with her partner and three children.