Acknowledgements

The authors are especially grateful to all who made this book possible: to Kathryn Kendon for her initial research for the book; to Glyn Jones for his support throughout the development of the proposal and the actual production of the book; to University College Plymouth St Mark & St John for their financial support; to Nicky Davies, for excellent and painstaking transcription of all the recorded interviews; to Wendy Evans, who proofed the book at various stages for us; to Raymond Taylor for compiling the index; and to Emma Wainman, our research assistant, for her significant help in undertaking the background work. Our thanks also go to Harriet Harman for writing the foreword to this book. Above all, we would like to thank the women who participated in this study. The book is dedicated to them.