Articles by deborahfw

Betty Boothroyd – Inspiration, Trailblazer, First Woman: 1929 – 2023

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

Lady Boothroyd, whom we were ever proud to call our patron, has passed away aged 93. The First Woman to be made speaker in the House of Commons, her distinctive voice kept order amongst errant MPs for eight years. Lady Boothroyd was elected [...]

Dame Clare Marx – First Woman and Inspiration

November 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Monday 27th November 2022: Dame Clare Marx has passed away at the age of 68. First Woman President of the British Orthopaedic Association and the First Woman President of The Royal College of Surgeons, Dame Clare Marx DBE DL FRCS, was a pioneer and [...]

University of St Andrews, Scotland, November 13th 2022 – January 8th 2023

October 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

We are tremendously excited to be finally opening in Scotland, the furthest north the portraits have travelled so far! The show will be exhibited between two venues: The Wardlaw Museum and The Laidlaw Music centre (details below). The two [...]

Dame Hilary Mantel – 1952-2022

September 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Friday 23rd September: Dame Hilary Mantel has died, aged 70 it was announced by her publicist today. The First Woman to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize twice and a First Women UK ambassador, she died ‘suddenly, yet peacefully’ on [...]

‘Access All Areas’ Exclusive Backstage Images from Suzi Quatro’s Career-Spanning Live Show

May 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

On April 20th 2022, the Royal Albert Hall hosted a helluva rock event…and I had backstage access! Suzi Quatro’s show at The Royal Albert Hall had been over two years in the planning – but had been on Suzi’s bucket list for [...]

On The Road Again: First Women UK Exhibition Showcases in County Durham

March 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

We have reached our eighth venue of the First Women tour – the iconic Bishop Auckland Town Hall in County Durham. It’s the first time we have exhibited the First Women portraits in a town hall gallery and we had an impressive 800 visitors in [...]

Remembering Janice Long | Our Next Zoomcast Lands February

January 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Radio Legend, Broadcasting First, National Favourite: Janice Long, 1955 – 2021 I first met Janice Long in a field at the back of her brother, Keith Chegwin’s house in June 1986. By this time she was a well-known and well-loved [...]

December’s First Women:LIVE! & Anita’s Lecture Video

November 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

December 7th, 6.30-7.30pm. Get it in the diary – it’s the last FW:L! of 2021 Our next episode features two Firsts who work magic in their own way (one of them literally!) On December 7th, we are delighted to welcome to the [...]

First Women:LIVE! New Online Archive

August 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that our regular ‘In-Conversation’ Zoomcasts are now accessible in an online audio archive! For those of you new to First Women:LIVE! it is a regular, 60-minute online event in which two of the Firsts [...]

First Women Interview – Nan McCreadie

August 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

In 2013, Nan McCreadie became the First Woman to be elected president of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, the umbrella organization of all Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland, since Rotary’s inception in 1905. Rotary is now [...]