A critical woman : Barbara Wootton, social science and public policy in the twentieth century / / Ann Oakley.
This is a fascinating biography of Barbara Wootton, one of the extraordinary public figures of the 20th century. She was an outstanding social scientist, an architect of the welfare state, an iconoclast who challenged conventional wisdoms and the first woman to sit on the woolsack in the House of Lo...
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 426 p., [16] p. of plates ); ill., ports. |
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Other title: | A critical woman |
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Summary: | This is a fascinating biography of Barbara Wootton, one of the extraordinary public figures of the 20th century. She was an outstanding social scientist, an architect of the welfare state, an iconoclast who challenged conventional wisdoms and the first woman to sit on the woolsack in the House of Lords. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1849664706 |
Access: | Open access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ann Oakley. |