Radio Legend: Janice Long, 1955 – 2021
Janice sadly passed away on Christmas Day 2021; a huge loss to her industry and the nation’s radio listeners. To celebrate her life and work, this is our interview [...]
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St George’s Hall, Liverpool
The show will be open to visitors from: 19th June to 31st August 2019, 10.00am – 17:00pm. Last entry 4.30pm Monday to Saturday (closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays) [...]
Spring round-up: First Women Show at Palace House, Newmarket
‘I couldn’t be prouder that we are hosting such an inspirational exhibition as 100 First Women Portraits here at Newmarket.’ Chris Garibaldi, Director of Palace House [...]
Interview with Dr Sarah Buck OBE
Involved in the design and supervision of a wide range of civil and structural projects over a 40-year career, in 1983 Sarah Buck became the first woman council member of the [...]
The Palace House Newmarket
3rd stop in the First Women UK tour… The exhibition opens at the Moller Gallery which is based at the National Heritage Centre for Horse Racing and Sporting Art at the [...]
The First Women Tour
The First Women Exhibition tour is scheduled to show at the following venues. Please check each venue’s homepage and our website for updates and date amendments: Upcoming [...]
First Women – what a year!
A decade ago, I began this project journey, not knowing what would happen but knowing that First Women had its own spirit and that, come what may, I would follow its lead. [...]
Interview with Moira Cameron
Moira Cameron made history in 2007 as the first woman to become a Yeoman Warder in HM Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London. One of 35 ‘Beefeaters’, for the [...]
Friends and Family celebrate their Firsts!
Some of the most striking moments during the show where those when friends and family of the Firsts came to acknowledge and celebrate them. Perhaps most poignant of all were [...]
First Women at the RCA – Anita’s round up
Wow. I will be honest; the last seven weeks truly haven’t even begun to sink in. I recall moments sitting in the RCA Dyson Gallery, watching the responses of women and men [...]