A Tribute to Baroness Shirley Williams: 27/07/30 – 12/04/21
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 [...]
100 Women
First Women:Live! Moira Cameron & Sally Kettle join us next on March 16th
Our next Zoom event features another pairing of fantastic Firsts. On March 16th, we will be joined by Moira [...]
First Women Interview with Dany Cotton
Now retired, Dany Cotton was a firefighter for over 30 years and who, from 2017-2019 served as the first woman commissioner of the London Fire Brigade. She was also the first [...]
First Women Interview with Baroness Usha Prashar
‘Equality, justice and human rights,’ are what motivate Baroness Usha Prashar in her work. One look at her CV and these themes are writ large: Chief Executive of the [...]
First Women:Live! kicks off the New Year with Dr Buck and Elspeth Beard!
In this fourth instalment of our popular Zoom Q&A, taking your questions live online on [...]
First Woman Interview with Monique Simmonds
Monique Simmonds was the First Woman to become Deputy Director of Science at Kew Gardens. She researches the traditional and economic uses of plants and their potential for [...]
Remembering Dame Clare Marx: 1954 – 2022
Work experience aged 16, with the ‘surgeon who lived round the corner’ led to falling in love with surgery and eventually growing up to become the First Woman President [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]