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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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    Elizabeth Gaskell

    I don’t watch period, costume drama on the TV, even when they feature the wonderful Dame Judi Dench, so while I have heard of Cranford,  a mini series set in the early [...]

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    Mary Beale

    Mary Beale was a prolific, successful portrait painter but her name is little known outside experts in 17th Century English painting. As such, Mary is perfect for celebration [...]

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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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    Lucy Stone

    Lucy Stone was a leading activist and pioneer of both the abolitionist and women’s rights [...]

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  • Margaret Bondfield

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

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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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