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02/12/2014

Valerie Trierweiler; Tracy Chevalier on Laura Ingalls Wilder; Hillary Clinton and the White House

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Valerie Trierweiler; Tracy Chevalier on Laura Ingalls Wilder; Hillary Clinton and the White House

Valerie Trierweiler on her break-up with President Francois Hollande.

Valerie Trierweiler on her very public break-up with President Francois Hollande, and author Tracy Chevalier on the enduring popularity of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The former first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler has been in the UK to give her side of the very public break-up with President Francois Hollande following allegations he was having an affair. She tells Jane that she did not write her book, Thanks for this Moment, to revenge herself after the President was photographed on the back of a scooter at another woman's apartment. Jane also hears about the campaign run by the charity, Mosac, to stop parents who've abused their children continuing to disrupt their lives even after they've been convicted. Hilary Clinton is the most famous female politican in the world and she could be poised to win the White House in 2016 but the political representation of women in national and state legislatures still lags far behind. At under 20 per cent, fewer women sit in the US Senate and House of Representatives than do here in the UK parliament. And some fear that things could be going backwards. Sue Carroll, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, gives her views on how things look after last month's mid-term elections. Those of a certain age will be familiar with the TV series A Little House on the Prairie It was based on a series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Annotated Autobiography Pioneer Girl has just been published and goes back to her original mansucripts. Jane talks to the editor-in-chief, Nancy Tystad Koupal and to the author, Tracy Chevalier about the enduring appeal of the original books.

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