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Author: Nan Sloane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 19.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 0.478kg
ISBN: 9781350513655
ISBN 10: 1350513652
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A revelation. This definitive new biography acts as a vital corrective to the misconceptions and hearsay that have blighted the legacy and our historical memory of one of the Labour movement’s original trailblazers. * Harry Taylor, Labour Historian and Parliamentary Reporter * Nan Sloane’s excellent biography brings Britain’s first woman Cabinet Minister, Margaret Bondfield, to life with fine detail and a warm human touch. Bondfield has remained in the shadows for too long. She has now been given the recognition she so richly deserves. A must read for all those interested in Labour, and women’s, history. * Mary Honeyball, Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
Nan Sloane’s new biography of Margaret Bondfield illuminates the remarkable life of a woman who rose from unpromising beginnings to the Cabinet table. This enjoyable account of a real political pioneer reminds us of a woman who, though a national figure in her day, is almost unknown now, and restores her to her proper place in the political life of her times. * Baroness Ayesha Hazarika, Broadcaster and Political Commentator * A revelation. This definitive new biography acts as a vital corrective to the misconceptions and hearsay that have blighted the legacy and our historical memory of one of the Labour movement’s original trailblazers. * Harry Taylor, Labour Historian and Parliamentary Reporter * Nan Sloane’s excellent biography brings Britain’s first woman Cabinet Minister, Margaret Bondfield, to life with fine detail and a warm human touch. Bondfield has remained in the shadows for too long. She has now been given the recognition she so richly deserves. A must read for all those interested in Labour, and women’s, history. * Mary Honeyball, Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
A revelation. This definitive new biography acts as a vital corrective to the misconceptions and here-say that have blighted the legacy and our historical memory of one of the Labour movement’s original trailblazers. * Harry Taylor, Labour Historian and Parliamentary Reporter * Nan Sloane’s excellent biography brings Britain’s first woman Cabinet Minister, Margaret Bondfield, to life with fine detail and a warm human touch. Bondfield has remained in the shadows for too long. She has now been given the recognition she so richly deserves. A must read for all those interested in Labour, and women’s, history. * Mary Honeyball, Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
Author Information
Nan Sloane is an author, speaker and trainer with an interest in the role of women in the public space, particularly in politics and the Labour Party. Her books include Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries (2022), The Women In the Room: Labour’s Forgotten History (2018), In Our Own Words: A Dictionary of Women's Political Quotations (2016), and A Great Act of Justice: The Flapper Election and After (2009).
