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IT’S A STELLAR SEASON FOR WESTMINSTE­R’S WOMEN, WHO PUBLISH FOUR BARNSTORMI­NG BOOKS THIS MONTH

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Everywoman by Jess

Phillips (Hutchinson,

£14.99; out 9th March) Labour’s new leading light is a woman not afraid to speak her mind – in real life or on Twitter. This, her rallying call for equality, encourages women to stand up and speak up.

A Woman’s

Work by Harriet Harman (Allen Lane, £20)

The former interim leader of Labour disappeare­d from frontline politics a year ago. Judging by this book, about the progress of women in government, her time’s been spent wisely. Attack Of The Fifty Foot Women by Catherine Mayer (HQ, £20; out 8th March) Having co-founded the Women’s Equality Party in 2015, Mayer now seeks to take readers on a journey to a truly gender-balanced society she calls Equalia.

The Women Who Shaped

Politics by Sophy Ridge (Coronet, £20; out 23rd March)

The Sky News reporter has curated this compendium of the female figures who have influenced politics as we know it.

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