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Activism, feminism, politics and parliament

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  • Description

    "Margaret Wilson has always lived a political life. From her days as a child growing up in the Waikato in a Catholic family attuned to fairness, an unlikely law student in the 1960s in a class with a few other women, and an emerging socialist feminist who read radical texts and attended women's conventions, her key concerns became cemented early: the rights of women and equality for all under the law. This is the story of one of New Zealand's most eminent political actors.

    A policy-focused campaigner, reluctant to join a political tribe and uncomfortable with the combative attitudes and personal jockeying that politics seemed to entail, Wilson nevertheless rose to become the president of the Labour Party during the turbulent mid-1980s. Going on to become a central, far-sighted, occasionally controversial minister in the Clark government, Wilson held significant roles as Attorney-General and Speaker of the House"--Publisher information

  • Place
  • Other Id

    JQ5881 WIL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92694 (Cat ID)

    92465 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Activism, feminism, politics and parliament
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Bridget Williams Books Ltd
  • Place
  • Date
    2021
  • Physical Description

    266 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781988587844
    1988587840
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
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  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Contents

    Introduction Political awareness

    1 Early years

    2 Time of disruption

    3 Developing a political mind

    4 Theory and practice

    5 Negotiating difference

    6 Working within the system

    7 New opportunities

    8 Becoming a minister

    9 Employment relations

    10 Justice

    11 Te Tiriti o Waitangi negotiations

    12 Attorney-General

    13 Speaker of the House

    Conclusion

    A political life

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    Notes

    Index

    Acknowledgements

    About the author

    Copyright and publisher information
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Wilson, Margaret A (Margaret Anne); New Zealand .Attorney-General; New Zealand .Parliament]

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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