Article - Spare Rib: "Pregnant = An Unfit MP"

Category: Article; Feminist Archive North; Health and Reproductive Rights; Politics and Policy; Work and Employment
Date: Saturday 24 August 2013

Tags: 1980's; Feminism; Labour Party; Pregnancy; Spare Rib

Unknown Author. 1983. Pregnant = Unfit MP?. Spare Rib. (126), p. 14.

In 1983 Harriet Harman, Labour MP, accused Social Democrats of dismissing her as a suitable candidate because she was pregnant. Spare Rib reports the news and explores the way in which women in positions of political responsibility are discredited for being parents whilst men aren't.

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Source: Feminist Archive North