Biographies & Memoirs / Autobiography / Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd Betty Boothroyd 337 page autogbiography of the only woman Speaker of the House of Commons. Betty Boothroyd: The Autobiography has Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell, with her characteristic endearing zeal, recounting her trail from working-class Dewsbury to Westminster. The daughter of a weftman, she passes from rags to political riches with the Labour Party, to which she claims an umbilical loyalty. After a now-notorious spell with the Tiller Girls, she started working full-time for the Labour Party, and eventually, after four attempts at securing a seat, she finally won West Bromwich in 1973--the constituency she was to represent for 27 years. Pro-Europe, pro-choice, anti-capital punishment, she was made a junior Whip in 1974 and Deputy Speaker in 1987 before finally succeeding Jack Weatherill to become the 155th--and first female--Speaker of the House of Commons in 1992. By the time of her retirement from the Chair in July 2000, her wigless informality had seen her become one of the most recognisable and popular faces, not just in the House or West Bromwich, but throughout the country.: : The woman Private Eye cruelly and unfairly accused of having all the charm of carbon monoxide gas in an airtight room airs her story with unstuffy grace and emphatic integrity. Much has been made of the large sum the publishers paid for her story, but Boothroyd chooses discretion over revelation in describing her path from model to Madame Speaker: while she discusses her brief experience training with the Tiller Girls, she includes no photographs from the period, and declines to elaborate further on the three proposals of marriage she claims to have received. Nevertheless, she assesses her political career and tenure on the Chair with splendid candour, from the fight to rid the Party of Militant, ding-dongs with party Whips, the cash for questions controversy, Nelson Mandelas first state visit to London, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness refusal to take the Parliamentary oath, to the fuss over her banning women MPs from breastfeeding during committee. Never constrained by doctrine but always fiercely loyal to her principles, her motto as Speaker, I Speak to Serve, fittingly sums up the distinguished, quietly extraordinary political career of this much-loved Yorkshire terrier. --David Vincent : : William Hague Sunday Telegraph: Betty Boothroyd is frank, fun and generous...an uncomplicated book by a straightforward lady. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Comments: pristine- as new. used books
switch used-books out-of-print books used books out of print books
Total Items = 0
Total Price = £0.00 GBP ($0.00 USD)
View Your Shopping Cart

Biographies & Memoirs / Autobiography / Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd

Sunday, September 07, 2008


Betty_Boothroyd_.The_Autobiography
  • Book Title: Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography
  • Author: Betty Boothroyd
  • ISBN: 0712679480
  • Publisher: Century
  • Year Published: 2001
  • Status: Sold - We are currently out of stock for this title

Mary Ward Books is an independent online bookstore specialising in second hand, out of print books and used books such as Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd. We offer a book search facility and secure payments via PayPal and Nochex.

We aim to be of service, please click here to read our testimonials from past customers - and please feel free to leave your own feedback!

Mary Ward Books is based in East Anglia, United Kingdom. We were established in 1997 and have been selling books online since 2002. We ship worldwide, please click here to see our shipping charges for Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd.

Ask Mary Ward Books A Question About the following used book:Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography
Send an e-mail to a friend about the following book:Betty Boothroyd .The Autobiography

We have many other books in our Autobiography section for sale of which below is a selection - Please feel free to browse them or press the 'continue shopping' button below to see the entire Autobiography category.

Leopard_In_My_Lap
Leopard In My Lap by Michaela Denis Price: £14.85 GBP ($26.14 USD)
Letters_of_T_E_Lawrence
Letters of T E Lawrence by T E Lawrence D Garnett Price: £19.635 GBP ($34.56 USD)
Long_Walk_to_Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Price: £13.86 GBP ($24.39 USD)
Low_Company:_Describing_the_Evolution_of_a_Burglar
Low Company: Describing the Evolution of a Burglar by Benney, Mark Price: £8.085 GBP ($14.23 USD)

If you can't find the book you're looking for - there is still a good chance we have it in our off-line collection. Please fill in our off-line book request form here and we'll search our collection for you.

Continue Shopping
Browse Categories | Payment Options | Shipping and International Customers | About Us | Alphabetical List Can't find your book? | Customer Feedback | List of Publishers | Latest Additions | Customer Searches | Customer Searches 2 | Customer Searches 3 | Why Buy Used Books? | # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | TH | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

Copyright Mary Ward Books 2003 - 2007 Used Books for sale, Out of Print Books
Mary Ward Books, Blyford, Suffolk, IP19 9JR, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1986 875 543


Website developed by John Ward

admin sitemap sitemap_xml Latest Books RSS Feed RSS Feeds

Arts
Biographies & Memoirs
Business
Computers
Cooking & Entertaining
Engineering & Technology
History
Hobbies & Leisure
Language & Culture
Law
Literature & Fiction
Medicine & Pharmacy
Non-Fiction
Reference
Religion & Theology
Science & Mathematics
Social Sciences
Travel & Geography
mary ward used books with leather bindings
chess used books
latin out-of-print-books
wine out-of-print-books
greek used books
music used and second hand books
Our main website menu
Feedback from customers
Return to our home page
Payment methods accepted for used books
shipping rates, about us, second hand book returns
A little about Mary Wards used books
All our used books listed in alphabetical order
Books listed by publisher
new used books added
search our offline inventory
Latest mary ward used books news
Adventure Exploration &Travel
Antique & Vintage Books
Autobiography
Biography
Chess
Fiction
Gardening- General
Greek and Roman Literature.
History & Prediction -Military
History -European & World .
History- Social & Commercial.
Literature - Poetry and Drama
Literature Prose & Linguistics
Religion- Christianity
Wines Ales & Spirits.
£1.00 GBP: $1.76 USD

Source ECB
in effect as of 2008-09-05