"I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there."

Family, Mother, Father, First, Parliament

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"I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there."

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"When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours."

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"If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves."

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