A woman who changed Scotland: Winnie Ewing's by-election win

Jun 22, 2023 View Original Article
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45% : Much was made about the fact that Ewing was a woman standing in an area dominated by male politicians, but in fact Lanarkshire already had two female Labour MPs - the then current government minister Judith Hart and the formidable Peggy Herbison, who resigned as minister for social security over the government's record on poverty in July, 1967, adding to the feeling that Wilson was losing the plot.

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