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Spider Woman
A Life
- RH - Bodley Head
- by Lady Hale
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Publisher | RH - Bodley Head |
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ISBN | 9781847926593 |
Author(s) | Lady Hale |
Publication date | October 2021 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | mm |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story.
As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer.
As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country.
How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession dominated by men? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that.
Spider Woman