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looking at this list:
A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world - News - People - The Independent
I can only really see a few candidates. I removed every biography where there greatest achievement was being a woman, anyone in showbusiness and only selected those where their achievments would be considered exceptional regardless of Gender.
we have :
Helen Bamber
Campaigner
Born 1925
Aged 20, at the end of the Second World War, she entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to help victims. After the war, she worked with child survivors of the Holocaust. Her life has been dedicated to human rights and opposing torture. She was the first chairman of Amnesty International in Britain.
Agatha Christie
Writer, 1890-1976
Best known for her 80 detective novels featuring French detective Hercule Poirot and the very English Miss Jane Marple, which gave her recognition as one of the most important writers in the development of the crime genre. She is still the most translated and best-selling female author in the world.
Rosalind Franklin
Scientist, 1920-1958
The unsung hero of DNA, Franklin's X-ray images of the double helix provided the data that Francis Crick and James Watson used to make their hypothesis on its structure. She died of ovarian cancer at 37, just four years before the Nobel prize was claimed by her contemporaries.
Jane Haining
Missionary, 1897-1944
Church of Scotland missionary who in the 1930s worked at a girls' school in Budapest. When war broke out she refused to leave the mostly Jewish children in her care and died with many of them at Auschwitz. One of a handful of Britons to be honoured in Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Chemist, 1910-1994
A Nobel prize-winning chemist, Hodgkin's research into the molecular structure of insulin has helped save millions of lives. As one of the first people to use X-rays to determine the structure of molecules, she also confirmed the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12 and helped pave the way for DNA research.
Amy Johnson
Aviator, 1903-1941
After becoming the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930, the pioneering aviator went on to set a slew of long-distance flying records. She died after going off-course in bad weather while transporting RAF aircraft around the country for the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War.
Sheila Kitzinger
Childbirth activist
Born 1929
A promoter of natural childbirth, she campaigns for women to have the information to make choices, and advocates the benefits of home birth to women who are classed as low risk. She lectures to midwives, has researched the social anthropology of birth and breastfeeding and works to give a voice to expectant and new mothers in prison.
Janet Lane-Claypon
Epidemiologist, 1877-1967
One of the founders of the science of epidemiology, Lane-Claypon pioneered the use of control studies to make public health decisions. She completed the first study of up to 500 women with breast cancer, the findings from which still inform treatments today. She also proved the health benefits of breast milk
Dorothy Lawrence
Reporter, 1896-1964
Few correspondents have gone to the lengths Lawrence did to report from a frontline. In the First World War she shaved off her hair, bound her chest, tanned her skin with furniture polish and borrowed a uniform to pose as a soldier. Unfortunately she was arrested as a spy and sent back to Britain.
Ellen MacArthur
Yachtswoman
Born 1976
When she broke the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005 she was not just the best woman but the best. Her achievements helped quash prejudices about women's inferiority in sport. She has helped young people with serious illnessnes experience sailing with the Ellen MacArthur Trust.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette, 1858-1928
The pioneer of women's rights founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1898 and led the British suffragette movement, which in 1918 won the vote for women over the age of 30. Although the political activist came under fire for her militant tactics, she supported the government during the First World War.
Marguerite Patten
Chef
Born 1915
The original queen of "waste not, want not", her tips for helping a generation to survive Second World War rationing still resonate in today's kitchens. She is renowned, rightly, as the original celebrity chef and anyone in search of some culinary inspiration could do worse than dust off one of her 170 recipe books.
Mary Quant
Designer
Born 1934
The Sixties designer is among those to claim credit for the miniskirt, the revolutionary Sixties garment that liberated women from the constraints of restrictive fashions that hampered even their attempts to run for a bus. Her other credits include hotpants in the Seventies and, she maintains, the duvet cover.
Sue Ryder
Charity worker, 1923-2000
The Sue Ryder Foundation (now Sue Ryder Care) which she set up in 1953 with a nursing home for the elderly and disabled now has more than 80 homes worldwide for the elderly and terminally ill. During the Second World War, she worked with SOE's Polish section and later set up a home in Germany for displaced Poles.
Helen Sharman
Engineer and chemist
Born 1963
Sharman was chosen as the first Briton to go into space after beating 13,000 rivals who responded to a radio advert looking for astronauts. She had previously worked as a chemist experimenting with chocolate for Mars confectionery, her work on the Mir space station included medical and agricultural tests.
Marie Stopes
Family planner, 1880-1958
Started as a paleobotanist but best known as a sex education campaigner who, in 1921, opened the first family planning clinic. Her 1918 book, Married Love, advocated equality in marriage and gave detailed information on sex. Her work led to Marie Stopes International, which helps millions every year.
Violette Szabo
Spy, 1921-1945
Code named "Louise", Szabo was a secret agent in the Second World War, leading a French resistance network to sabotage bridges and communication lines ahead of the D-Day landings. She was caught, sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and executed. Posthumously awarded the George Cross.
Margaret Thatcher
Politician
Born 1925
A controversial entry on a list of women who made our lives better. But she was the first woman to lead the country and took the UK economy from basketcase to world leader. Yes, there was the poll tax and lack of investment in public services, but she defined British politics long after she left office.
we can guess which one Dodgy wants!
My favourites for a banknote are Dorothy Hodgkin,Sue Ryder,Helen Sharman
which one do you think? Don't have to limit it to this list.
looking at this list:
A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world - News - People - The Independent
I can only really see a few candidates. I removed every biography where there greatest achievement was being a woman, anyone in showbusiness and only selected those where their achievments would be considered exceptional regardless of Gender.
we have :
Helen Bamber
Campaigner
Born 1925
Aged 20, at the end of the Second World War, she entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to help victims. After the war, she worked with child survivors of the Holocaust. Her life has been dedicated to human rights and opposing torture. She was the first chairman of Amnesty International in Britain.
Agatha Christie
Writer, 1890-1976
Best known for her 80 detective novels featuring French detective Hercule Poirot and the very English Miss Jane Marple, which gave her recognition as one of the most important writers in the development of the crime genre. She is still the most translated and best-selling female author in the world.
Rosalind Franklin
Scientist, 1920-1958
The unsung hero of DNA, Franklin's X-ray images of the double helix provided the data that Francis Crick and James Watson used to make their hypothesis on its structure. She died of ovarian cancer at 37, just four years before the Nobel prize was claimed by her contemporaries.
Jane Haining
Missionary, 1897-1944
Church of Scotland missionary who in the 1930s worked at a girls' school in Budapest. When war broke out she refused to leave the mostly Jewish children in her care and died with many of them at Auschwitz. One of a handful of Britons to be honoured in Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Chemist, 1910-1994
A Nobel prize-winning chemist, Hodgkin's research into the molecular structure of insulin has helped save millions of lives. As one of the first people to use X-rays to determine the structure of molecules, she also confirmed the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12 and helped pave the way for DNA research.
Amy Johnson
Aviator, 1903-1941
After becoming the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930, the pioneering aviator went on to set a slew of long-distance flying records. She died after going off-course in bad weather while transporting RAF aircraft around the country for the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War.
Sheila Kitzinger
Childbirth activist
Born 1929
A promoter of natural childbirth, she campaigns for women to have the information to make choices, and advocates the benefits of home birth to women who are classed as low risk. She lectures to midwives, has researched the social anthropology of birth and breastfeeding and works to give a voice to expectant and new mothers in prison.
Janet Lane-Claypon
Epidemiologist, 1877-1967
One of the founders of the science of epidemiology, Lane-Claypon pioneered the use of control studies to make public health decisions. She completed the first study of up to 500 women with breast cancer, the findings from which still inform treatments today. She also proved the health benefits of breast milk
Dorothy Lawrence
Reporter, 1896-1964
Few correspondents have gone to the lengths Lawrence did to report from a frontline. In the First World War she shaved off her hair, bound her chest, tanned her skin with furniture polish and borrowed a uniform to pose as a soldier. Unfortunately she was arrested as a spy and sent back to Britain.
Ellen MacArthur
Yachtswoman
Born 1976
When she broke the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005 she was not just the best woman but the best. Her achievements helped quash prejudices about women's inferiority in sport. She has helped young people with serious illnessnes experience sailing with the Ellen MacArthur Trust.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette, 1858-1928
The pioneer of women's rights founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1898 and led the British suffragette movement, which in 1918 won the vote for women over the age of 30. Although the political activist came under fire for her militant tactics, she supported the government during the First World War.
Marguerite Patten
Chef
Born 1915
The original queen of "waste not, want not", her tips for helping a generation to survive Second World War rationing still resonate in today's kitchens. She is renowned, rightly, as the original celebrity chef and anyone in search of some culinary inspiration could do worse than dust off one of her 170 recipe books.
Mary Quant
Designer
Born 1934
The Sixties designer is among those to claim credit for the miniskirt, the revolutionary Sixties garment that liberated women from the constraints of restrictive fashions that hampered even their attempts to run for a bus. Her other credits include hotpants in the Seventies and, she maintains, the duvet cover.
Sue Ryder
Charity worker, 1923-2000
The Sue Ryder Foundation (now Sue Ryder Care) which she set up in 1953 with a nursing home for the elderly and disabled now has more than 80 homes worldwide for the elderly and terminally ill. During the Second World War, she worked with SOE's Polish section and later set up a home in Germany for displaced Poles.
Helen Sharman
Engineer and chemist
Born 1963
Sharman was chosen as the first Briton to go into space after beating 13,000 rivals who responded to a radio advert looking for astronauts. She had previously worked as a chemist experimenting with chocolate for Mars confectionery, her work on the Mir space station included medical and agricultural tests.
Marie Stopes
Family planner, 1880-1958
Started as a paleobotanist but best known as a sex education campaigner who, in 1921, opened the first family planning clinic. Her 1918 book, Married Love, advocated equality in marriage and gave detailed information on sex. Her work led to Marie Stopes International, which helps millions every year.
Violette Szabo
Spy, 1921-1945
Code named "Louise", Szabo was a secret agent in the Second World War, leading a French resistance network to sabotage bridges and communication lines ahead of the D-Day landings. She was caught, sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and executed. Posthumously awarded the George Cross.
Margaret Thatcher
Politician
Born 1925
A controversial entry on a list of women who made our lives better. But she was the first woman to lead the country and took the UK economy from basketcase to world leader. Yes, there was the poll tax and lack of investment in public services, but she defined British politics long after she left office.
we can guess which one Dodgy wants!
My favourites for a banknote are Dorothy Hodgkin,Sue Ryder,Helen Sharman
which one do you think? Don't have to limit it to this list.
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