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The UK\\u2019s second female Prime Minister stepped down last week after a turbulent three years in office. In the last few weeks commentators have picked over Theresa May\\u2019s failure to deliver Brexit, her loss of the Conservative majority in the 2017 General Election and her limited progress in tackling the burning injustices she described on the steps of Downing Street in 2016. Today, we turn to a subject that Woman\\u2019s Hour first interviewed Theresa May about nearly 20 years ago, encouraging women to stand as MPs and to get on in the Conservative Party. We discuss her legacy for women in politics and look at how women will fare under Boris Johnson\\u2019s premiership.

Ang\\xe9lique Kidjo is a singer from Benin who\\u2019s won three Grammys and made 13 albums. This year she makes her Proms debut with her nine-piece band in a late-night tribute to the celebrated salsa songstress Celia Cruz.

Anna \\u2018Delvey\\u2019 Sorokin tricked New York\\u2019s city\\u2019s elite into thinking she was a wealthy German heiress. In reality she was a fraudster with no trust fund who convinced banks, hotels and friends that her fortune could cover her lifestyle as well as her future plans to set up an arts foundation in her name. She was found guilty of a number of charges including grand larceny, attempted larceny and theft of services. Rachel Deloache Williams, a key witness in the trial, discusses her new book \\u2018My Friend Anna\\u2019.

Presenter: Tina Daheley\\nInterviewed guest: Anne McElvoy\\nInterviewed guest: Katy Balls\\nInterviewed guest: Ang\\xe9lique Kidjo\\nInterviewed guest: Rachel Deloache Williams\\nProducer: Lucinda Montefiore