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Ascent of Woman, The (2015)

Subject

History; Women’s studies

Biographer and historian Dr Amanda Foreman explores the history of women since the dawn of civilisation, and the pivotal role they have played in the forging of the modern world. [4 x 60 minute episodes]

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Female Power in Shakespeare (2018 Video)

Video of a discussion between Dartmouth English professor Tom Luxon and Stratford dramaturg Keira Loughran. She discusses the role of Katherine in ‘Taming of the Shrew’; Volumnia in ‘Coriolanus’ and...

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Jill Craigie on women’s liberation movement (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Jill Craigie, wife of Labour Party leader Michael Foot about the women’s liberation movement (which she has been writing a book on) and the role of women now including her own. Male...

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Gill Evans on her successful career as a businesswoman (1978)

Genre

Interview

Businesswoman Gill Evans, who has a senior role in marketing, believes that a woman must do better than a man in order to attain the same position. Her work involves travelling, and she has found that in...

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Woman to Woman (1985)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview

Miriam Stoppard interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her programme, Woman to Woman. They discuss living life in the public eye, her upbringing and family, getting emotional about her father, Alfred...

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SDP constitution drafting (1981)

Genre

Interview

Peter Spencer interviews SDP MP Robert Maclennan about the drafting of the party constitution including how policies will be made, planned sharing of the leadership role and positive discrimination for...

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Tory women’s conference - Shelagh Roberts interview (1980)

Genre

Interview

Bob Holness interviews European MP, Dame Shelagh Roberts, on the upcoming 1980 Conservative Women’s conference in London and on her role as an MEP.

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Edwina Currie interview (1996)

Genre

Interview

Conservative MP Edwina Currie interviewed by Frank Bough to promote her new book, A Woman’s Place. She discusses the process of writing it, inspirations, setting in Parliament and plot. Also her life in...

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Labour all-women candidate shortlists controversy (1995)

Genre

Interview

Labour Party shadow women’s minister Tessa Jowell defending the party’s policy on all women candidate shortlists on the day that two men, blocked as candidates, launch a legal challenge on the grounds of...

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Outlook on the eighties (1980)

Genre

Interview

Outlook on the Eighties- Piccadilly Radio series speaking to leading international figures about the decade ahead. In this programme Methodist minister Donald Soper (Lord Soper) gives his views. Subjects...

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