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...also shudder remembering how in 1978, Prime Minister James Callaghan - who was ahead in the polls and seemed poised to win his own mandate - unexpectedly shied away from calling elections. Early in 1979, he lost a confidence motion and was forced to go to the polls. His opponent, Margaret Thatcher, led her party to victory and an 18-year stretch in office...
...Minister, James Callaghan took his place. Two years later, ahead in the polls and apparently with every prospect of winning his own mandate, Callaghan unexpectedly shied away from calling elections. Early in 1979, he lost a confidence motion and was forced to go to the country. His opponent, Margaret Thatcher, led her Tory party to victory and to an unbroken 18 years in office...
...book written by a woman, about many, many women, “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” surprisingly speaks to both genders. Engaging from the introduction, 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s newest book is an attempt to answer some of the most baffling questions about the relationships between women and men, women and their communities, and women and history. She may not provide any easy resolutions, but she succeeds in making readers curious about the condition of womanhood and its development throughout history—a history that stretches much farther back...
...group known for its slogan “Never Wear Panties to a Party.” Or that the maxim traces its origin to an article published in an academic journal. But such is the unusual history of a phrase described by 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in a discussion of her most recent book, “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,” at the Harvard Book Store on Tuesday night. In the book, the titular one-liner-cum-maxim serves as a focal point for what Ulrich describes...
...well-known writers as far back as Twain incorporated mixed media into their novels. More recently, W.G. Sebald sprinkled his prose with photographs in “The Emigrants.” And Ackerman’s speculations on Antonina’s diary entries are reminiscent of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s “A Midwife’s Tale.” But what is striking about this book is that the patchwork is not nearly as seamless as that of its predecessors. The constant—and abrupt—changes between narrative voices make...