Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie is a former member of parliament, outspoken and opinionated public figure and author known for her parliamentary based novels. Currie was born to Orthodox Jewish patents in Liverpool and as a young adult studied Chemistry at Oxford University. Later on, she went to The London School of Economics from where she graduated with a master’s in Economic History. Growing up in an Orthodox family, she has a strong sense of community family and God and these would resonate throughout her writing and political career. She significantly benefited from the respect accorded to scholarship in her community. Inspired by Marie Curie, she loved studying and enjoyed reading, something that would later earn her a place at Oxford. While she studied Chemistry, she has asserted that she only opted for the subject because female applicants got easier into Oxbridge if they chose the science rather than art subjects. Currie also got into local politics and she was so fascinated with the subject that she changed courses to study Economics, Philosophy, and Politics once she was accepted to Oxford. At Oxford, she regularly participated at the Oxford Union debates in addition to holding a variety of positions in the organizations. While she was interested in getting into politics, once she graduated, she got a job as an accountant in London, which is where she met Ray Currie who would become her husband.