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Article: Letter: You don't need a woman MP to represent women's interests
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 11, 1996
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From Ms Ellie Lee
Sir: Those women looking for a career break in politics will
undoubtedly be very put out by the decision to declare all-women
shortlists illegal (report, 10 January). But why should the rest of
us? Why should we equate more Labour women in Parliament with
social progress for women as a whole?
It seems these days that we are supposed to believe without
question that just because an MP is a woman, she will somehow be
better for women as a whole. A glance at the record of Margaret
Thatcher should swiftly put paid to this theory. So should a
cursory glance at the track ...