TY  - BOOK
AU  - Waring,Marilyn
TI  - The political years
SN  - 1988545935
U1  - 328.092 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - Bridget Williams Books
KW  - Waring, Marilyn,
KW  - Women legislators
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
N1  - 1975 --; 1976 --; 1977 --; 1978 --; 1979 --; 1980 --; 1981 --; 1982 --; 1983 --; 1984 --; Reference --; Notes --; Acronyms and abbreviations --; New Zealand's Political Structure,1975-1984 --; Parliamentary Structures --; Glossary of Māori workds --; Acknowledgements --; Index
N2  - "In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as the MP for Raglan. Aged just 23, she was one of only a few female MPs who served through the turbulent years of Muldoon’s government. For nine years, Waring was at the centre of major political decisions, until her parliamentary career culminated during the debate over nuclear arms. When Waring informed Muldoon that she intended to cross the floor and vote for the opposition bill which would make New Zealand nuclear free, he called a snap election. And the government fell. . .This is an autobiographical account of Waring’s extraordinary years in parliament. She tells the story of her journey from being elected as a new National Party MP in a conservative rural seat to being publicly decried by the Prime Minister for her ‘feminist anti-nuclear stance’ that threatened to bring down his government. Her tale of life in a male-dominated and relentlessly demanding political world is both uniquely of its time and still of pressing relevance today"--Publisher information
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