Interview with Bishop Libby Lane
On the 26th January, 2015, Elizabeth Jane Holden became the first woman Bishop of the Church of England. Her consecration came more than 20 years after women were permitted [...]
First Women
Interview with Pauline Clare
Across Britain, the number of female police officers is on the rise, but women still only constitute about 30% of the UK police force. Pauline Clare, Britain’s first [...]
Interview with Alison de Burgh
The First Woman to become a stage and screen fight director, Alison de Burgh is no stranger to bows, knives and swords. She shares with First Women her journey to her first [...]
100 portraits now complete!
Seven years, over 100,000 miles and a cornucopia of locations from a Team GB boxing ring to the House of Lords: the one hundred portraits that comprise the First Women [...]
Interview with Lara Prior-Palmer
Lara was the first woman to win the Mongol Derby – and doesn’t seem phased by much at all. Using ‘fear as the inspiration to seek out truth’ her adventurous [...]
Interview with Katy Cropper
The First Woman to win ‘One Man and His Dog’ – in the face of ‘competition, small-mindedness and having been put down by most men in the dog running world all my [...]
Remembering Zaha Hadid – First Woman to win the RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Zaha Hadid was the definitive ‘First Woman’. Innovative, pioneering, courageous, she pushed the boundaries of the creative and survived – even thrived – in a [...]
Interview with Jenny Eclair
Comedian, TV presenter, author – and First Woman to win the prestigious Edinburgh Festival comedy award in its 15 year history. Jenny speaks to ‘First Women’ from [...]
Interview with Kim Cotton
30 years ago, Kim Cotton became the UK’s first surrogate mother. Despite considering herself ‘just an ordinary woman’, the repercussions of her [...]
Interview with Beth French
Beth French is an Ultra-Marathon Swimmer and environmentalist who had a dream to, ‘walk into the water and swim until I reached another country.’ Wheelchair-bound at 17 [...]