Interview with Charlotte Budd
First run in 1877, The Grand National is one of the most well-known horse races in the world. In 1977, a 21-year-old named Charlotte Budd became the first woman in 100 years [...]
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First Women – First Zoom!
On July 8th, 2020 I had the exciting – and nerve-wracking – opportunity to explore what technology was capable of in this extraordinary time of lockdown. After [...]
First Women UK supports Black Lives Matter
Since its inception in 2008, First Women has endeavoured to stand for education, representation, freedom and diversity in all its forms. The focus of this project [...]
The Exhibition Speaks!
The 100 First Women Portraits Brighton host team create a fantastic online audioguide to accompany the show. More than once, I have been asked to create an audioguide to [...]
Interview with Kathryn Sargent
From a very young age, I wondered – ‘what is it about a suit?’ For me, it is the mystery of it. Of how it can completely transform a person. I wanted to know how to [...]
100 First Women Portraits in Brighton – Now a Virtual Tour
First Women Virtual Tour: • Introduction to the online exhibition • Exhibition tour (images, audio, biographies) • 10 Highlights and Audio Descriptions [...]
Interview with Dame Jil Matheson
In 2011, over 200 years since its inception, Statistician Dame Jil Matheson became the first woman to have ever run the decennial population census. Jil joined the Office for [...]
We love Brighton and Brighton loves us
In the first three weeks of opening, we had over 5,000 visitors to the Brighton First Women show and over 2000 people crossed the Museum and Art Gallery’s threshold on [...]
Brighton – A Fabulous First Month
Deep in the Royal Pavilion Gardens, amongst the exotic, architectural creations of George the Fourth, the 100 Firsts are now happily housed in Brighton’s Museum and Art [...]
Interview with Jocelyn Burton
Interview Originally published Sep 14, 2018 Renowned British silver and goldsmith, Jocelyn Burton was the first woman to be made a freeman of the worshipful company of [...]