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URL:https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/53-2
SUMMARY:Caroline Slocock - People like us: Margaret Thatcher and Me
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 hoto: Juliana Johnston[/caption]\n\nAs a young civil servant\, Caroline Sl
 ocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime 
 Minister\, and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final eighteen mont
 hs of her premiership. A left-wing feminist\, Slocock was no natural ally 
 and yet she became fascinated by the woman behind the Iron Lady façade an
 d by how she dealt with a world dominated by men.\n\nAs events inexorably 
 led to Margaret Thatcher s downfall\, Slocock observed the vulnerabilities
  and contradictions of the woman considered by many to be the ultimate ant
 i-feminist. When Thatcher eventually resigned\, brought down by her closes
 t political allies\, Slocock was the only woman present to witness the ast
 onishing scenes in the Cabinet Room. Had Thatcher been a man\, it would ha
 ve ended very differently\, Slocock feels.\n\nNow\, in this vivid first-ha
 nd account\, based on her diaries from the time and interviews with other 
 key Downing Street personnel\, Slocock paints a nuanced portrait of a woma
 n who to this day is routinely demonised in sexist ways. Reflecting on the
  challenges women still face in public life\, Slocock concludes it s time 
 to rewrite how we portray powerful women and for women to set aside politi
 cs and accept that Margaret Thatcher was one of us .\n\nA remarkable polit
 ical and personal memoir\, People Like Us charts life inside Thatcher s 
 No. 10 during its dying days and reflects on women and power then and now.
 \n\nThis event will be chaired by Richard Walker
LOCATION:Orwell Hotel - His Lordship's Library\, Hamilton Road\, Felixstowe
 \, United Kingdom
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