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We’ve come to the end of Women’s History Month and Progressive Women have found it very educational and inspirational! We want to finish with a profile of yet another exceptional woman, someone who arguably has done more for science than any other woman in history.  Co-founder of Progressive Women, Caroline Watson, writes about Marie Curie.

Physicist and chemist Marie Curie has left [...]

Today’s Women’s History Month blog focuses on a woman whose work has made a significant contribution to the recognition of women’s history over 40 years. Renata Keller recognises Gerda Lerner.

“Women’s history is women’s right – an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long range vision.”

Born in 1920 to a [...]

We are loving and learning a lot from the Women’s History Month blog profiles! I hope you are too. This latest profile is from Renata Keller.

“Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being.”

Born in Paris in 1908 Simone de Beauvoir was a Existentialist French philosopher and writer. She is perhaps most [...]

Our latest Women’s History Month profile is written by Sarah Kerrison

In 2010 the Royal Society included Mary Anning in a list of the ten British women who have most influence the history of science. Mary Anning was a fossil collector and palaentologist who became known around the world for her work and contributed to the [...]

It’s still Women’s History Month and we have many more women left to celebrate! Renata Keller writes a wonderful and inspiring profile of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Renata Keller is a Graphic Designer and Documentary Maker, collaborating with other women on working the next steps for women http://verticalimpulse.wordpress.com/ She has also made a  film about the future of women which you can [...]

For Women’s History Month Progressive Women are profiling inspiring and courageous women. This profile is written by Renata Keller, Graphic Designer and Documentary Maker, collaborating with other women on working on the next steps for women http://verticalimpulse.wordpress.com/. 

 Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student, active within the White Rose [...]

In celebration of Women’s History Month Progressive Women is profiling fabulous women from history. Lucy James, a fellow Progressive Woman, writes about Margaret Bondfield.

Under the current coalition government, only four out of 23 members of the cabinet are women. Although Labour’s shadow cabinet has 11 female members, the number dwindled to four under Gordon Brown’s [...]

The 8 March is International Women’s Day. In celebration of this occasion we are profiling one of the most inspirational and no doubt bravest women alive today. Aung San Suu Kyi is a remarkable international leader and a globally recognised name, writes Progressive Women co-founder Caroline Watson.

Aung San Suu Kyi has become synonymus in [...]

In celebration of Women’s History Month we are profiling remarkable women from history. Fiona Donaldson Grounds writes about Dr Elizabeth Blackwell the first female doctor in the US.
 
What interests me about Elizabeth Blackwell is how hard she must have worked to compete and succeed in the traditionally male world of medicine in the 19th century.  She [...]

March is Women’s History Month! Throughout the month we’ll be profiling remarkable women and their contribution to history. This blog is written by Progressive Women Co-founder Caroline Watson.

We’re still along way from equality in the House of Commons, and Progressive Women are working closely with other organisations to try to make equal representation a reality. [...]