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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

Interview Nan McCreadie

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 [...]

Coming Up: County Durham February-April 2022

June 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

We hope you are all faring well and enjoying being able to go out and visit art and culture once again. Stay well, everyone. Keep an eye on 1stwomenuk.co.uk for regular updates as to where the show is headed next. Next Stops: County Durham & [...]

First Women of The Water – First Women:LIVE! 6th July

June 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Our next Zoomcast features two bold females who regularly go head-to-head with the elements. On 6th July, we welcome to the Zoomcast Beth French, First Woman (indeed, the first person ever) to swim from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. Joining her [...]

First Woman Interview with Professor Jean Venables

May 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Interview Dr Jean Venables

If you tell Professor Jean Venables CBE FREng that she cannot do something, prepare to be told that she, most certainly can – and will. The First Woman president of The Institution of Civil Engineers was told many times in her journey to her [...]

Motorbikes & Helicopters for our next First Women: Live!

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

On May 18th, join us for our First Women:Live event (and can you believe?) our 8th pairing of fantastic Firsts! This month we warmly welcome Lt Cmdr Becky Frater RN, First Woman to be a Royal Navy ‘Black Cat’ helicopter pilot and [...]

A Tribute to Baroness Shirley Williams: 27/07/30 – 12/04/21

April 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

shirley williams at the 1st Women UK launch

Liberal Democrat MP, Harvard politics professor, inspiration, trailblazer and First Woman: the Rt. Hon. Baroness Shirley Williams of Crosby CH PC sadly passed away aged 90 on Monday April 12th 2021. Anita remembers this inspiring woman… [...]

First Women:Live! Next on the virtual couch – Rebecca Stephens MBE and Louise Goodman

April 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Louise Goodman Interview

Join us on April 20th, for another pairing of fantastic Firsts! Next up in our increasingly popular Zoom events, we are delighted to welcome Rebecca [...]

First Woman Interview with Odaline de la Martinez

April 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

In 1984, Odaline de la Martinez made history: the first woman ever to conduct a complete BBC Prom. It had taken nearly 100 years for this to happen – and still there endures a notable gap between opportunities and status for men and women in [...]

First Women:Live! Moira Cameron & Sally Kettle join us next on March 16th

March 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

Our next Zoom event features another pairing of fantastic Firsts. On March 16th, we will be joined by Moira Cameron, First Woman Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London and Sally Kettle, [...]

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