Working With Winston

To maintain the pace at which he worked as a parliamentarian, cabinet minister, war leader, writer, and painter, Churchill required a vast female staff of secretaries, typists, and others. Drawing on the wealth of oral testimonies of Churchill's many secretaries held in the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, Cita Stelzer brings to life the experiences of a legion of women whose stories have hitherto remained unpublished in journals and letters. In recapturing their memories of working for and with Churchill, she paints an original and memorable biographical portrait of one of the 20th century's iconic statesmen.