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1 online resource |
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Cover; Copyright and publication details; Table of Contents; Foreword; About the author; The author of the Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; My father and mother, Ted and Muriel Faulkner early-1940s.; My sister Barbara, me, my father and my brother Brian in Eype, Dorset, circa 1957.; The first Shop Stewards' Committee at Radiators (a section of Morris Motors), c.1942.; With my sister at Eype's Mouth, Dorset, circa 1959.; Henry Savery's tombstone on the Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur.; My family tree.; Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol |
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Progeny of William Strode, 1562-1637, my great grandfather times ten, St Marys Church, Plympton. His fifth daughter Juliana 1593-1627 was my great grandmother times nine. Portrait believed to be of Elizabeth Seymour (my great grandmother times 12), attributed to Holbein.; My brother Brian, c. 1958.; The Carritts' wooden chalet at Eype's Mouth.; Me with my father, mother, brother and sister, published in the Oxford Mail 1958 reporting Ted's state scholarship to study at UCNS.; The Wantage great aunts -- Mary, Bridget (Bill) and Sybil Kent.; Cutteslowe Wall.; Blue plaque commemorating the wall |
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Ted at his graduation in 1961. Middle row, far left. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.; Sugar Loaf Mountain (Mynydd Pen-y-fâl) from Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr).; Women Presidents of the Society of Legal Scholars 1997-2008: Margot Brazier (1997-8), Fiona Cownie (2008-9), Celia Wells (2006-7) and Sarah Worthington (2007-8).; At the Buckingham Palace Investiture, with Alice and Lydia, December 2006.; Dedication; Introduction; The Accidental Communists; Getting Started; Class, Gender and Politics; Families -- My Bigamous Grandmother; Savery v King; Social and Economic Transitions |
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Communism and the Carritt Connection'The Party the Party'; After the War; The Not So Secret Life of a Seven-year-old; Town and Gown; Life, Law and Feminism; Becoming a Woman; Becoming a Law Professor; Law and Life; A Woman Law Professor; Collisions -- Expectations, Enabling and Endings; Destructive and disordered behaviours; My eulogy at Derek's funeral; Where Did I Come From? To Oxford via Wolf Hall, St Pancras and Essex; References and bibliography; Appendix I: Women Law Professors -- Negotiating and Transcending Gender Identities at Work |
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Appendix II: The Decline and Rise of English Murder: Corporate Crime and Individual ResponsibilityIndex; Back cover |
| Summary |
A frank and revealing account which distils the essence of women's career challenges and highlights the issues women continue to face |
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Wells, Celia
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Social classes.
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Social Class
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social classes.
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Social classes
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Women -- Social conditions
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781910979785 |
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1910979783 |
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1909976660 |
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9781909976665 |
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