Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie was a British politician, novelist, diarist and writer (born 1946). She was born at Liverpool.

Edwina Currie in brief

Born
1946
Known for
politician, novelist, diarist and writer
Place of birth
Liverpool
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Formation and teaching

Edwina Currie studied at London School of Economics and Political Science, St Anne's College and Liverpool Institute High School for Girls.

Career and activity

Recorded positions include member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom and member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom. She worked at London and Whaley Bridge.

Catalogued works

35 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1980 to 2014.

The Ambassador. This Honourable House. Chasing Men. Ambassador. Parliamentary Affair. A Parliamentary Affair. Signed By Edwina Currie. She?'s Leaving Home Hb D/Bx12. Chasing Men C d/Bx15 Inc 3 Free. Ambassador C D/Bx15. Ambassador a Pbp. Sequel She's Leaving Home. Woman's Place. This Honourable House a Pbp. Edwina Currie Hb Special. Sequel She's Leaving Home C. Edwina Currie. Diaries. Edwina Currie Diaries. She's Leaving Home. This Honourable House Hb D/Bx12 Inc 2 Free. Chasing Men a Special. Ambassador a Special. Chasing Men Custom Header. This Honourable House a Special. Sequel She's Leaving Home A. Life lines, dated 1990. A womans place. The ambassador / Edwina Currie., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Edwina Currie as a television announcer introducing a food programme warning of food infected by salmonella. Pen and ink drawing by Sam Smith, 1988., dated [1988], held by Wellcome Collection. Life lines : politics and health 1986-1988 / Edwina Currie., dated 1989, held by Wellcome Collection. Poison on your plate., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. The long view : bad cows and Englishmen., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. Inside health : Conflicted medicine 3/3., dated 2014, held by Wellcome Collection. Celebrity Supporters, dated c.1980s, held by Wellcome Collection. NCT conference recording: The Lost 25% Breastfeeding Initiative, dated c.1987, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Currie, Edwina, (Edwina Currie Jones), (born 13 Oct. 1946), Who's Who, 2007. THE RESIGNATION OF EDWINA CURRIE: A WORD TOO FAR, Parliamentary Affairs, 1989. EDWINA CURRIE PROMOTES BREAST FEEDING, Nutrition & Food Science, 1989. Edwina Currie MP. Interview by Margaret Seward, British Dental Journal, 1987.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

A Woman's Place (1996) — Internet Archive. chasing men (2001) — Internet Archive. SHE'S LEAVING HOME. (1997) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Edwina Currie studied at London School of Economics and Political Science, St Anne's College and Liverpool Institute High School for Girls. the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Residence is recorded at Whaley Bridge. Positions recorded include member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom and member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Chronology

  1. 1946Edwina Currie born at Liverpool.
  2. 1996A Woman's Place digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1997SHE'S LEAVING HOME. digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2001chasing men digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Edwina Currie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1660170: Edwina Currie

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