A celebration of women's lives and achievements, this collection of interviews features a variety of bold, radical and resourceful women who have made outstanding contributions in their own areas and to the cause of women's rights. Betty Boothroyd, the first woman Speaker in the House of Commons, feminist QC Helena Kennedy, Pragma Patel of Southall Black Sisters and actress Juliet Stevenson are among those who talk frankly and movingly about their political roots and their vision of a new world for women.