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Melissa Benn

Author of One of Us

11+ Works 139 Members 1 Review

Works by Melissa Benn

One of Us (2008) 46 copies

School Wars: The Battle for Britain's Education (2011) 26 copies

What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female (2013) 21 copies

Life Lessons: The Case for a National Education Service (2018) 13 copies

Madonna and Child: Politics of Modern Motherhood (1998) 11 copies

Public Lives (1995) 6 copies

A tribute to Caroline Benn : education and democracy (2004) — Editor — 5 copies

Death in the city: An examination of police related deaths in London (1986) 4 copies

The Truth About Our Schools: Exposing the myths, exploring the evidence (2015) 4 copies

The Rape Controversy (1983) 2 copies

Inner-city Scholar (Article) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Brighton Book (2005) — Contributor — 11 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Benn, Melissa Ann
Birthdate: 1957-02-20
Gender: female
Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Education: Fox Primary School
Holland Park School
London School of Economics
Relationships: Benn, Tony (father)
Benn, Caroline (mother)
Organizations: Local Schools Network (co-founder)
Guardian (contributor)

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Reviews

Life Lessons: The Case for a National Education… by Melissa Benn

Difficult to find fault with. My only reservation is that concessions to the idea of a proxy graduate tax seem unnecessary and strangely at odds to the general thrust of the essay.

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P1g5purt | Apr 1, 2020 |

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Awards

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British Book Award

One of Us (Shortlist – shortlist – 2009)

Paddy Power Political Book Award

What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female (Shortlist – Polemic – 2014)

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Associated Authors

Myriad/Brighton Festival

Clyde Chitty Editor

Tony Benn Foreword

Statistics

Works: 11
Also by: 1
Members: 139
Popularity: #147,351
Rating: ½ 3.3

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 27

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