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Celebrating 100 Years of International Women’s Day

March 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

Just 24 hours to go before I am due to speak in London at the International Women’s Day celebration organised by Accenture. The focus for the celebration will be ‘Pioneering Women’ and is a great fit with my own First Women project. We will [...]

Youth Forum at National Portrait Gallery discusses my portrait

January 24, 2011 // 0 Comments

The last time I visited the National Portrait Gallery I wondered why there were a group of teenagers gathered around my portrait of the “Golfing Sisters” staring earnestly and obviously in deep discussion. My curiousity got the better of [...]

First Women is going places in 2011

January 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

Thought I would start 2011 by showing you a picture of me and the “golfing sisters” at the National Portrait Gallery, taken last November when my photo of the same octogenarian sisters was shown as part of the launch of the International [...]

Our Patron the Rt Hon. Betty Boothroyd

January 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

We ask all of our First Women what has helped inspire them towards success… this is the reply from our Patron, the Rt Hon. Betty [...]

The woman behind First Women

January 10, 2010 // 0 Comments

An award-winning photographer in the South West is making her name as an historical archivist with a project celebrating 100 years of women’s achievements. Anita Corbin has been shooting iconic portraits of women in the field of Sport, Science, [...]