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JEREMY CORBYN has revealed his biggest historical hero — 18th-century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
The Labour leader expressed his admiration for Wollstonecraft in an interview with BBC History magazine published today.
An early advocate of women’s rights in the 18th century, she founded a school with her sister in Newington Green, which is now in Mr Corbyn’s north London constituency.
Held at a last-minute undisclosed venue amid fear of disruption, a Women’s Rights Network event brought together authors and activists, offering a day of debate on feminism’s past, present and future. JADE MIDDLETON reports
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East
ROS SITWELL reports from the Morning Star conference on ‘Race, Sex and Class Liberation’ last weekend