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Special edition First Women:Live! Zoom with Suzi Quatro

November 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce a very special Christmas guest for our Next First Women:Live! Zoom event Date: DECEMBER 17TH. Time: 18.30-19.30 GMT. For this third instalment of our popular Zoom Q&A, the great rocker herself, Suzi Quatro will be [...]

First Woman Interview with Monique Simmonds

November 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 foods, drugs and cosmetics and instigated great strides in this [...]

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 [...]

First Women Exhibition Update: Exeter Show Re-Opens December 3rd

October 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Good news, good news! The 100 First Women Portraits will be opening again at Exeter’s RAMM on December 3rd. The exhibition entry is still free, but it is also still necessary to book your slot in light of the continuing Covid-19 social distancing [...]

First Women Interview with Angela Rippon

October 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Television journalist, news reader and presenter, in 1975 Angela Rippon became the first woman to regularly read the national news on the BBC – preceded by two decades of male presenters. At the age of 31, Angela officially fronted the Nine [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Dame Clare Marx

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

Work experience with the ‘surgeon who lived round the corner’ led to falling in love with surgery and Dame Clare Marx grew up to become the First Woman President of the British Orthopaedic Association and the First Woman President of The Royal [...]

Interview with Charlotte Budd

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 to ride in the Grand National, on her beloved horse, Barony Fort. Charlotte [...]

First Women – First Zoom!

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 crushing news that the 100 First Women Portraits Exhibition had to close [...]

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 [...]