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February 28, 2023 in 100 Women // Betty Boothroyd – Inspiration, Trailblazer, First Woman: 1929 – 2023
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Betty Boothroyd – Inspiration, Trailblazer, First Woman: 1929 – 2023

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

Lady Boothroyd, whom we were ever proud to call our patron, has passed away aged 93. The First Woman to be made speaker in the House of Commons, her distinctive voice kept order amongst errant MPs for eight years. Lady Boothroyd was elected [...]

December’s First Women:LIVE! & Anita’s Lecture Video

November 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

December 7th, 6.30-7.30pm. Get it in the diary – it’s the last FW:L! of 2021 Our next episode features two Firsts who work magic in their own way (one of them literally!) On December 7th, we are delighted to welcome to the [...]

First Women:LIVE! New Online Archive

August 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that our regular ‘In-Conversation’ Zoomcasts are now accessible in an online audio archive! For those of you new to First Women:LIVE! it is a regular, 60-minute online event in which two of the Firsts [...]

First Woman Interview with Odaline de la Martinez

April 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

In 1984, Odaline de la Martinez made history: the first woman ever to conduct a complete BBC Prom. It had taken nearly 100 years for this to happen – and still there endures a notable gap between opportunities and status for men and women in [...]

First Women:Live! Moira Cameron & Sally Kettle join us next on March 16th

March 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

Our next Zoom event features another pairing of fantastic Firsts. On March 16th, we will be joined by Moira Cameron, First Woman Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London and Sally Kettle, [...]

First Women:Live! – Goes Live!

October 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

On September 22nd at 6.30pm we took the plunge. Myself and Deborah (my editorial director and ‘write’-hand woman) had been talking about how to keep the energy of the 100 First Women Portraits exhibition moving in the face of Covid-19 [...]

Five Reasons Why Outside is the Best Lockdown Medicine

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

Beth French blog ocean portrait stay well in lockdown

The First Woman to swim from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly: who better to share their natural prescription for happiness in these challenging times than ocean swimmer and inspirational speaker, Beth French? So, I guess the first thing to state is [...]

First Women UK supports Black Lives Matter

July 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 was pioneering women. Its brief, a simple one: to find and celebrate UK female [...]

First Women Portrait Featured in BBC’s Fern Britton Meets…

December 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

In a particularly inspiring 1 hour episode of Fern Britton Meets…, First Women’s portrait of Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin is featured documented her becoming the First Woman Speaker’s Chaplain to the House of Commons since 1660. In this frank and [...]

Education, Education, Education!

June 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

One of our core values at the First Women project is education. Education about the pioneering spirit and the socio-historical role of women. Education to help us better understand our culture and its values. Education to engender the passion to [...]