Rachel Reeves at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

In Women of Westminster, Labour MP Rachel Reeves tells the overlooked stories of leading and lesser known British politicians who have shaped a nation, from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Harriet Harman’s legislation on the gender pay gap. Reeves talks to Liz Leonard in this remarkable and inspiring event celebrating female political pioneers then and now, filmed live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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