trailblazing women like jenny lee, barbara castle, and our friend and our inspiration, harriet harman . and inspiration, harriet harman. and i'm here because of thousands of women, many of you in the hall today who broke down barriers and defeated low expectations to pave the way for the rest of us. i am a labour chancellor because of that collective endeavour. i am the first woman chancellor because of that collective endeavour and that collective endeavour and that collective endeavour does not stop here. it falls to me and to our generation of labour women, to follow in the footsteps of those who went before us to right the work of all women back into our economic story, to show our daughters and our granddaughters that they need place no ceiling on their ambitions. that is the britain we're building . that is britain we're building. that is the britain that i believe . the britain that i believe. in. but conference, why is it that the british people put their trust in us for the first time in five general elections? it is because, thanks to kia's leadership, we left no stone untur