History of Britain in 21 Women

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Britain has been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. To say that it's high time that it was defined by its women falls some way short of an understatement. Jenni Murray, the long-time presenter of Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4, draws together the lives twenty-one women to shed light upon a variety of social, political, religious and cultural aspects of British history.