Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917

First woman to become a Doctor

In 1900 career choices for women were very limited….

Type of employment Number of women employed

Domestic Servants 1,740,800

Teachers 124,000

Nurses 68,000

Doctors 212

Architects 2

 "Let women be what God intended, a helpmate for man, but with totally different duties and vocations." 

Millicent Fawcett

(1847 – 1929)

Leader of the original movement for women’s political rights

Emmeline Pankhurst

Founded the suffragettes.

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(1858-1928)

Mechanics EngineersPilots Tank drivers Building ships Working in factories – making bombs and aircraft parts Air raid wardens Driving fire engines Plumbers Ambulance drivers WRVS volunteers Nurses

Jobs undertaken by women during the war included:

THE GOOD WIFE’S GUIDE - 1955

The Women’s Liberation Movement

1960-1970

Fought against social conventions of the time and worked as an illustrator

Beatrix Potter

(1866 – 1943)

Dame Anita Roddick

(1942 – 2007)

Businesswoman and founder of The Body Shop

Campaigner for human rights in the USA

Ida B. Wells

(1862 – 1931)

Rosa Parks

(1913 – 2005)

Helped to launch civil rights movement in USA

Diana, Princess of

Wales

(1961 – 1996)

Campaigner for charitable causes

Amelia Erhart

1897 - 1937

First woman aviator to attempt to fly around the world

Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 - 1962

First American president’s wife to have a public life and a career

Anne Frank

1929 - 1945

Displayed great courage during the German occupation of Holland

Dian Fossey

1932 - 1985

Devoted her life to protecting and studying mountain gorillas in Africa

Mother Theresa of Calcutta

1910 - 1997

Devoted herself to working with the poorest of the poor in Calcutta

Margaret Thatcher

1925 -

Britain’s first female Prime Minister and first Prime Minister to win 3 consecutive terms

Dame Ellen MacArthur

1976 -

Yachtswoman who broke the world record in 2005 for fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe

First woman in space in 1963

Valentina Tereshkova

1937 -

Annie Lennox has sold approximately 80 million records. She has been an active humanitarian throughout her long career.

Annie Lennox1954 -

Britain's double Olympic gold medallist

Kelly Holmes1970 -

Ex St Paul’s pupil. She was awarded an O.B.E in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to drama.

Julie Walters1950 -

Most successful British author. She was awarded the O.B.E. in the 2000 Birthday Honors List for her services to Literature

J.K Rowling1965 -

BBC1's first permanent female newscaster in 1975.

Angela Rippon1944 -

From soap actress to world class pop star, Kylie’s career has lasted for over 20 years, and she has fought breast cancer.

Kylie Minogue

1968 -

First designer to use jersey during the 1920s Her relaxed, clothes for women replaced the corseted fashions of previous decades.n 1922, she launched the fragrance Chanel No. 5

Coco Chanel

1883 - 1971

Game show hostess, revealing her intellectual ability by carrying out fast and accurate arithmetical calculations. One of the highest-paid women in Britain.

Carol Vorderman

1960 -

Lost all of her body hair. She refused to wear a wig, deciding instead to maintain a

public profile and raise awareness of

the condition.

Gail Porter

1971 -

Appeared in the 2002 List of "100 Greatest Britons" sponsored by the BBC and chosen by the public. Dame of the British Empire

Julie Andrews1935 -

Became a recognizable icon of punk style in an overwhelmingly male dominated genre of music.

Debbie Harry

1945 -

The second most honored female singer in Grammy history.

Aretha Franklin1942 -

Pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first twice-honored Nobel laureate (and still the only one in two different sciences) and the first female professor at the University of Paris.

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934

Known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, she considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century.

Ella Fitzgerald

1917 - 1996

Prayer for women’s fulfilmentHow glad we are for people who follow their dreams,

people of courage and caring.Bubbles of joy burst in our hearts

for women who can now live their lives to the full -engineers, bus drivers, doctors, athletes, politicians,

mothers, gardeners, singers and writers,ministers, priests …

we salute you and give thanks.Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to pioneers and pilgrims And those who dare to be,

Thanks be to women and men who show us the way.

We think of ourselves and our friends,all of us together in this hall,

of our hopes, our dreams for our lives.What would we like to help happen?

How can we live for ourselves and others,in peace and full of thanks?

How can we help others in this country and in the rest of the world?

There are women and girls, boys and men, in other parts of the world, in this country,

who have not yet freedom, education, food, shelter and clothing -

we do not forget you, we will not forget.You are in our hearts and in our dreams

for all of us together in our world.Thanks be to God.

Amen.