Editing Shirley Williams (section)

== Harvard University ==
[[File:Shirley Williams appearing with Peter Ustinov on After Dark.JPG|thumb|left|Sitting beside [[Peter Ustinov]] during an episode of the late-night TV discussion programme ''[[After Dark (TV programme)|After Dark]]'', 1989]]

In 1988, Williams moved to the United States to serve as a professor at [[Harvard Kennedy School]], remaining until 2001, and thereafter as Public Service Professor of Electoral Politics, Emerita.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/shirley-williams | title= Shirley Williams (In Memoriam) | work=Harvard Kennedy School| access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> Nonetheless, she remained active in politics and public service in Britain, the United States and internationally. During these years, Williams helped draft constitutions in Russia, Ukraine, and South Africa.<ref name="Guardian Obituary" /> She also served as director of Harvard's ''Project Liberty'', an initiative designed to assist the emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe; and as a board member and acting director of Harvard's Institute of Politics (IOP). Upon her elevation to the House of Lords in 1993, she returned to the United Kingdom.<ref name="TelObit">{{cite news |title=Shirley Williams, Labour Cabinet minister who left her party to help form the SDP – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/04/12/shirley-williams-labour-education-secretary-left-party-help/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/04/12/shirley-williams-labour-education-secretary-left-party-help/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 April 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Williams: One of the UK's best-loved politicians |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/obituaries/shirley-williams-dead-age-cause-b1830194.html |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=The Independent |date=12 April 2021}}</ref>