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Madge Syers
We are now used to there being male and female versions of many sports; women’s football, women’s athletics and so forth. But in the very early part of the 20th [...]

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  • Edith Wharton

    EDITH WHARTON Edith Wharton was born into a wealthy and distinguished family; on both sides her family was old-money New York business aristocracy.  Her maiden name was [...]

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    Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh

    When considering the “Glasgow Style” it is common to cite Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and it is true that his architectural works brighten Glasgow even today, but [...]

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    Beryl Burton

    Beryl Burton was an English cyclist who won more than 90 domestic championships and seven world titles. On 17 September 1967, at the UK National Time Trial, Beryl rode a staggering 277.25 miles in 12 hours around the lanes of Yorkshire. This was a world record for both men and women! It was two [...]

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    Grace Hopper

    Rear Admiral Grace M Hopper was a remarkable woman; an American computer scientist who programmed the very first computers, and United States Navy rear admiral. Born in 1906 [...]

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    Gertrude Bell

    Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, a linguist and the greatest woman mountaineer of her age, and [...]

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    Octavia Hill

    OCTAVIA HILL In these times of food banks, recession and poverty, and with concerns about how to [...]

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  • Margaret Bondfield

    Margaret Bondfield was a Labour politician, trades unionist and women’s rights activist who [...]

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    Dolores Ibárruri

    Dolores Ibárruri — known as “La Pasionaria”, one of just three women celebrated on [...]

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