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Female aviator Sheila Scott; Men in the feminist movement; Wills that destroy families

05/12/2014

Sheila Scott; Symphysiotomy; Feminism and Men

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sheila Scott; Symphysiotomy; Feminism and Men

Female aviator Sheila Scott, feminism and men, and wills that destroy families.

Female aviator Sheila Scott, feminism and men, wills that destroy families, and the fight for compensation for the women in Ireland who underwent symphysiotomy during childbirth.

The extraordinary life of female aviator Sheila Scott, who was the first woman to fly around the world in a light aircraft. The Irish Government has announced that it will be giving payments to some women who underwent a process during child birth called symphysiotomy, a surgical procedure involving sawing through a woman's pelvic bone to deliver her baby. But are these women being offered a fair deal? Men in the feminist movement; we ask if there is a place for them. And why do wills have the power to destroy families? We hear from a woman whose life was derailed by a family dispute over inheritance.

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