Lady Hale’s Top Ten
Baroness Hale of Richmond (Lady Hale) became President of The Supreme Court in September 2017. She was the first woman and third person to take up this position. In October 2009 she became the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court.
If you know or have any children then do grab a copy of the illustrated children’s book about Lady Hale’s life, Equal to Everything: Judge Brenda and the Supreme Court.
Lady Hale’s own autobiography will be coming out in 2021.
An Oxford graduate woman’s struggle to reconcile her career aspirations with her love for Lord Peter Wimsey.
Trevor Huddleston, Naught for Your Comfort.
A powerful attack on apartheid.
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth
Another clever woman struggling with the tragedies First World War – made a good film.
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique
Launching the second wave of feminism with an attack on the domestic role.
Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
Asserting the right for women to be what they wanted to be, not what men wanted.
Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father
Growing up mixed race in the USA.
The battle for women’s degrees in Cambridge – made a great play.
All you really need to know about why we have law, what it is for and what it should be like.
A surprisingly accurate and sympathetic portrait of life as a Family Division judge – also a great film.
A history of feminism in 11 fights.