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The systemic discrimination women face is clearly exposed in the justice system, with record levels of women prisoners, reactionary, sexist judges, and victim blaming – the subject of a recent book, reviewed by SARAH SACHS-ELDRIDGE.

Eve Was Shamed: how British justice is failing women

By Helena Kennedy

Published by Chatto & Windus, 2018, £20

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Common Cause

By Kate Hunter

Published by Fledgling Press, 2019, £9.99

Reviewed by Heather Rawling

Set during the first world war, Common Cause continues the story of Iza, a skilled compositor in Edinburgh (see Women in the Workplace 1910, a review of The Caseroom, in Socialism Today 218, May 2018). Kate Hunter has placed the story around real events and trade union struggles with her in-depth knowledge of the print industry. As with her first novel, there are graphic descriptions of working-class life – the poverty, overcrowding and disease, as well as the feeling of community and common cause. The characters are sketchy as the author prioritises recounting the events.

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