A critical woman: Barbara Wootton, social science and public policy in the twentieth century
by Oakley, Ann; Wootton, Barbara.
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BookPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic 2011ISBN: 9781849664684; 1849664684.Classification number: 920 WOOSubject(s): Wootton 1897-1988 | Women social scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography | Social scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography | Women intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography | Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- Social policy -- History -- 20th centurySubject: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
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