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Radio 4,28 Oct 2013,58 mins

Amanda Holden; Vicky Pryce; Extraordinary women of the 'fifties

Woman's Hour

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Amanda Holden on marriage, divorce, and her risky pregnancy. Vicky Pryce responds to government plans for women prisoners to serve sentences closer to home. Conservative MP Margot James and shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP discuss developments in rape cases. Journalist Rachel Cooke on the ten extraordinary characters who challenge the traditional view of women in the 1950s. Presenter: Jane Garvey. Producer: Ruth Watts.

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