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Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle was the youngest of three children, born and brought up in Yorkshire. Barbara grew up in a politically active and socially aware home, and joined the Labour [...]

Writers

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    Louisa M. Alcott

    Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents! One of the most famous opening lines of any novel was penned by Louisa M Alcott at the start of the novel based upon [...]

Artists

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    Hannah Höch

    Hannah with Til Brugman Hannah Hoch, a fate not unknown to women artists where even if artists themselves are more often acknowledged as mere muses, models and tea-makers, [...]

Editors Choice

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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 [...]

Scientists

  • Kay McNulty …

    …. AND THE ENIAC PROGRAMMERS As part of a secret World War Two project, six young women programmed the first all-electronic programmable computer, ENIAC, Electronic [...]

Adventurers

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    Dorothy Lawrence

    There are a number of women who have disguised themselves as men in order to serve as soldiers. It [...]

Suffragists

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    Fanny Parker

    Image of Suffragette; Not Fanny Parker Frances “Fanny” Parker was a British suffragette who became a prominent militant. She was born and brought up in New [...]

Social reformers

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    Eleanor Rathbone

    Eleanor Rathbone is a perfect example of why we need the We Are The 51 campaign to celebrate the [...]

Politicians

  • Margaret Bondfield

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

Humanitarians

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    St Hilda

    When I think of St Hilda, which admittedly isn’t often, it is as the Oxford College which [...]

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Philosphers

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    Simone Weil

    Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Her writing emphasized sacrifice and martyrdom through an ascetic lifestyle, a lifestyle which led to her [...]

Musicians

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    Francesca Caccini

    Francesca Caccini was an Italian Composer, singer, lute player, poet, and teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname “La Cecchina” The [...]

Athletes

  • Irena Szewinska

    When I was growing up in the 1970’s Irena Szewinska was making history. She was setting records in athletics which, had she been a man, we would still be lauding today. [...]

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