Edith Summerskill

Edith Summerskill was a remarkable politician, feminist, physician, campaigner and writer. Dr. Edith, as she was known, served in Clement Attlee's transformational post-war Labour government and oversaw the National Insurance scheme which solidified the welfare state in Britain. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball, provides the first biography of this remarkable pioneer for women in politics. Honeyball shows how Summerskill's direct campaigning was instrumental in promoting women's causes throughout her life, and lays out her remarkable achievements in securing the equal rights of housewives and divorced women over property.