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Margaret Hodge interviewed by Rachel Reeves
02 Jul 2018
While discussing her time as a female MP, Margaret Hodge talks about the dual burden of being a mother in politics, how Select Committees can bring MPs together cross party, and her relationships with...
Ann Taylor interviewed by Rachel Reeves
05 Jun 2018
Ann Taylor discusses her career as a female MP, being part of the modernisation that reformed hours in order to suit working mothers, and her proudest achievements as chief whip. The interview begin...
Susan Pedersen interviewed by Rachel Reeves
09 Oct 2017
Canadian historian Susan Pedersen discusses Eleanor Rathbone’s career and life as a Female MP in the early 20th century. Susan Pedersen talks about the women in Westminster in the early 20th centu...
Caroline Spelman interviewed by Rachel Reeves
10 Jul 2018
Caroline Spelman discusses her introduction to politics, her political career and the issues she has fought for. This interview begins with Caroline Spelman discussing where her interest in politics...
Jacqui Smith interviewed by Rachel Reeves
05 Sep 2018
Jacqui Smith discusses her experiences as a female MP under the Labour government from 1997, as well as how her gender affected both her ministerial role and time as Home Secretary. Jacqui Smith dis...
Caroline Flint interviewed by Rachel Reeves
2000-2019
Caroline Flint discusses her introduction to politics at a young age, her political career, the female MPs she looked up to and her experience as a woman in the Cabinet. The interview begins with Ca...
Heidi Allen interviewed by Rachel Reeves
11 Sep 2019
Heidi Allen discusses her work cross party as an independent MP, standing up for those without a voice regardless of gender. Rachel Reeves also asks Allen about her own experience of being stalked and...
Margot James interviewed by Rachel Reeves
03 Jul 2018
Margot James talks about her experiences as an openly gay female MP, her selection process and whether or not her sexuality has determined what issues she fights for in Parliament. Rachel Reeves ask...
Charlotte Riley interviewed by Rachel Reeves
09 Oct 2017
Dr Charlotte Riley discusses Barbara Castle’s sexualisation in the media, her policies that improved the lives of women and whether these were political moves or genuine care for ‘women’s issues...
Angela Eagle interviewed by Rachel Reeves
05 Sep 2019
Angela Eagle discusses the difficulties and gender inequalities surrounding women in Parliament, the impact of Jo Cox's murder, and her own experience as a gay female MP. The interview begins with a...
Jean Corston interviewed by Rachel Reeves
18 Jun 2018
Jean Corston discusses working in Westminster and how it can be a hostile place for women. She also talks about her role as the first female chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The interview be...
Stella Creasy interviewed by Rachel Reeves
06 Jun 2018
Rachel Reeves asks Stella Creasy about her greatest achievements, and also the gendered abuse and threats she received after putting Jane Austin’s face on the £10 note. Rachel Reeves begins the i...