A Fitting Memorial: Remembering Betty Boothroyd (1929 – 2023)
January 16th, 2024 was a beautifully blue, frosty day. Scores of friends, family and colleagues gathered at St Margaret’s Church in the grounds of Westminster Abbey to [...]
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Betty Boothroyd – Inspiration, Trailblazer, First Woman: 1929 – 2023
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 [...]
Dame Clare Marx – First Woman and Inspiration
Monday 27th November 2022: Dame Clare Marx has passed away at the age of 68. First Woman President of the British Orthopaedic Association and the First Woman President of The [...]
On The Road Again: First Women UK Exhibition Showcases in County Durham
We have reached our eighth venue of the First Women tour – the iconic Bishop Auckland Town Hall in County Durham. It’s the first time we have exhibited the First [...]
Remembering Janice Long | Our Next Zoomcast Lands February
Radio Legend, Broadcasting First, National Favourite: Janice Long, 1955 – 2021 I first met Janice Long in a field at the back of her brother, Keith [...]
December’s First Women:LIVE! & Anita’s Lecture Video
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 [...]
First Women:LIVE! New Online Archive
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 [...]
First Women of The Water – First Women:LIVE! 6th July
Our next Zoomcast features two bold females who regularly go head-to-head with the elements. On 6th July, we welcome to the Zoomcast Beth French, First Woman (indeed, the [...]
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 [...]
First Women:Live! Next on the virtual couch – Rebecca Stephens MBE and Louise Goodman
Join us on April 20th, for another pairing of fantastic Firsts! Next up in our [...]