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Drawing on interviews with over half of new Labour women MPs, Sarah Childs reveals how the women experienced being MPs, and explores whether they acted for and like women - in constituencies, in Parliament and in government.

Sir Colin Campbell's incumbrances : women as a factor in British command decisions during the Indian Mutiny 1857 / T.A. Heathcote -- Heni Te Kiri Karamu : the heroine of the Gate Pa / Leicester Chilton -- Home from home on the Western Front, 1914-1918 : women's contribution to morale / Elspeth Johnstone -- Working, queueing and worrying : British women and the home front, 1939-1945 / Mark Connelly -- Flight through the retreating Allied armies : non-combatants and the Blitzkrieg of 1940 / George Bailey -- 'Put that light out' : the 93rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery / Imogen Corrigan -- Homeland defence : British gunners, women and ethics during the Second World War / Georgina Natzio -- Princess Marina the Duchess of Kent as commandant of the WRNS during the Second World War / Celia Lee -- Hurricanes and handbags : women RAF ferry pilots during the Second World War / Mike Ryan -- British secret agents during the Second World War / Juliette Pattinson -- Sue Ryder and the FANYs of SOE / Jonathan Walker -- Women with a secret : photographic interpretation / Christine Halsall -- 'Station X' : the women at Bletchley Park / John Lee -- Women in the siege of Leningrad / Tatiana Roshupkina -- Lotta Svärd, Nachthexen and Blitzmädel : women in military service on the Eastern Front / Paul Edward Strong -- Women at war : Poland / Halik Kochanski -- Women who thawed the Cold War / Grace Filby -- War veterans : four short histories - Georgina Ivison; Theresa Jordan; Beryl; Minnie S. Churchill / edited by Celia Lee

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Ideal and Contextual Realities of Muslim Women -- Part One: Tile Ideal -- Chapter 1: The Status of Women in Early Islam -- Chapter 2: The Islamic Revolution and Women: Quest for the Quranic Model -- Part Two: Role Changes -- Chapter 3: Roles in Transition: The Evolving Position of Women in Arab-Islamic Countries -- Chapter 4: The Literary Treatment of Women in North Africa -- Chapter 5: Early Feminist Movements in Turkey and/Egypt -- Part Three: Contextual Realities -- Chapter 6: A Traditional Ceremony in an Islamic Milieu in Malaysia -- Chapter 7: Islam and the Legal Status of Women in Tunisia -- Chapter 8: Female Education in Egypt: Changing Attitudes over a span of 100 years -- Chapter 9: The Struggle of Women in the National Development of Pakistan -- Chapter 10: Lessons from Fieldwork in the Sudan.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figure and tables -- Preface -- 1 Women and men entrepreneurs: life strategies, business strategies -- 2 Female petty entrepreneurs and their multiple roles -- 3 Rural women -- 4 The minerva matrix women entrepreneurs: their perception of their management style -- 5 Women entrepreneurs and the granting of business credit -- 6 Male and female entrepreneurs and their businesses: a comparative study -- 7 Business start-up training: the gender dimension -- 8 Not just for pin money: a case study of the West Midlands Clothing Business Start-Up Project -- 9 Good practice in business advice and counselling -- 10 Women's business in Europe: EEC initiatives -- 11 Female business ownership: current research and possibilities for the future -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Radical Notion -- From Philadelphia to Seneca Falls -- From The Voting Booth To The Ballot -- A Long Way, Baby -- Chapter 2: Why Not Run? -- Not The Family -- The Structure of Politics -- You Go First -- Chapter 3: When Women Run -- Twice As Good -- Look At That Face -- Implicit Bias -- Chapter 4: Critical Mass -- Pizza and Compromise -- Getting Down to Work -- What's With Rwanda? -- Banking On A Woman Leader -- Chapter 5: Women Belong In The House…And In The Senate (But How Do We Get Them There?) -- Quotas -- Train 'Em Up -- But I Mean, Like Yuck -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Websites -- For Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author -- Photo Credits -- Back Cover