Labour Party manifesto for the 1964 general election; she proposed The New Britain, and it eventually became Let's Go With Labour for the New Britain. She supported her husband's proposals in the 1980s for Labour's leadership and direction. However, she was also able to provide constructive criticism throughout his political career, such as his 1998 ITN documentary. Benn was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 1996, having been unwell for about a year, but fought the illness for several further years. She became increasingly frail during 2000, having developed spinal metastases, and died at Charing Cross Hospital, London, on 22 November 2000. A Tribute to Caroline Benn: Education and Democracy, edited by her daughter and Clyde Chitty, was published in 2004, featuring essays on her life and on educational reform and her life's work. Publications Comprehensive School Reform and the 1945 Labour Government (1980), History Workshop Journal Lion in a Den of Daniels (1962), a novel Halfway There: Report on the British Comprehensive School Reform (1970), with Professor Brian Simon Higher Education For Everyone (1982) Keir Hardie: A Biography (1992) Thirty Years On (1997), with Professor Clyde Chitty References External links Tribute to Caroline Benn Caroline Benn at Google Books 1926 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American women writers Academics of the Open University Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of University College London American emigrants to England Caroline Comprehensive education Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from breast cancer English educational theorists People associated with Imperial College London Writers from Cincinnati University of Cincinnati alumni Vassar College alumni Stansgate Tony Benn Spouses of British politicians