The Resource Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties, Rachel Cooke
Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties, Rachel Cooke
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The item Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties, Rachel Cooke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
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- Summary
- In 1956, a widow, Violet Clark, was accused of the murder of her baby twins. At her trial, Wright's defence saved her from the gallows. The Fifties were a conservative, inward looking decade during which women retreated once more to the safety of the kitchen. But Violet was defended by Rose Heilbron QC, the first woman to be appointed silk in Britain, the first woman to defend in a murder trial - and a tabloid celebrity. Rachel Cooke tells the story of Heilbron and some of her extraordinary contemporaries - Muriel Box, film director; Betty Box, film producer; Margery Fish, plantswoman; Patience Gray, cook; Alison Smithson, architect; Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner; Nancy Spain, journalist and radio personality; Joan Werner Laurie, editor; Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xli, 342 pages
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Isbn
- 9781844087419
- Label
- Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties
- Title
- Her brilliant career
- Title remainder
- ten extraordinary women of the fifties
- Statement of responsibility
- Rachel Cooke
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1956, a widow, Violet Clark, was accused of the murder of her baby twins. At her trial, Wright's defence saved her from the gallows. The Fifties were a conservative, inward looking decade during which women retreated once more to the safety of the kitchen. But Violet was defended by Rose Heilbron QC, the first woman to be appointed silk in Britain, the first woman to defend in a murder trial - and a tabloid celebrity. Rachel Cooke tells the story of Heilbron and some of her extraordinary contemporaries - Muriel Box, film director; Betty Box, film producer; Margery Fish, plantswoman; Patience Gray, cook; Alison Smithson, architect; Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner; Nancy Spain, journalist and radio personality; Joan Werner Laurie, editor; Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cooke, Rachel
- Dewey number
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- 305.4'09045
- 305.409045
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Women
- Nineteen fifties
- Society
- Label
- Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties, Rachel Cooke
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781844087419
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xli, 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781844087419
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties, Rachel Cooke
- Note
- Originally published: 2013
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781844087419
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xli, 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781844087419
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
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