Publisher's Synopsis
The story of Joan Ruddock, born in the Welsh valleys, who came to lead one of Britain's protest movements, and went on to address the United Nations and become an MP and minister, is a remarkable one. Radical university politics led Joan to abandon her PhD in genetics and take a job with Shelter. A life of campaigns and causes followed, as her personal commitment to equality and feminism deepened. An attempt at a more conventional life was derailed with Joan set up a local campaign against cruise missiles at Greenham Common. Her subsequent role as chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament brought both adulation and derision, surveillance by MI5, and a government attempt to get her sacked from her day job as a Citizen's Advice Bureau manager. 'Going Nowhere' charts the course of a public and political career.
