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First Women Interview with Baroness Usha Prashar

February 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

‘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 Runnymede Trust, Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary [...]

First Women:Live! Dame Stephanie Shirley CH takes your Zoom Questions!

January 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

If you haven’t checked it out yet, we warmly welcome you to join our new way to interact with the First Women 100 portraits – live online! All you need is Zoom and a free hour every month (yes, we have gone monthly!) to settle in for a [...]

First Women:Live! kicks off the New Year with Dr Buck and Elspeth Beard!

December 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

In this fourth instalment of our popular Zoom Q&A, taking your questions live online on January 12th, will be Dr Sarah Buck, First Woman President of the Institution of [...]

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 [...]

Exhibition Update: Exeter closes once more but First Women endures online

October 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

We are sad to announce that due to Tier 3 restrictions, the 100 portraits exhibiting in Exeter are – for now – closed to the public, as once again so many places close their doors for a second or even third time. For up-to-date news [...]

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 [...]