Welcome back, this is space dedicated to each of the twenty women that were originally on the long list for consideration. Simply click on their initials to read more about them.
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Margaret Ashton 1856 – 1937 First female city councillor for Manchester and suffragist
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Lydia Becker 1827 – 1890 Suffragist, botanist and astronomer
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Louise Da-Cocodia 1934 – 2008 Nurse, anti-racism campaigner and figher for social justice
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Margaret Downes ? – 1819 Martyred at the Peterloo Massacre
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Elizabeth Gaskell 1810 – 1865 Novellist and social reformer
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Annie Horniman 1860 – 1937 Repertory theatre founder and patron of the arts
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Sunny Lowry 1911 – 2008 First British woman to swim the Channel
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Kathleen Ollerenshaw 1912 – 2014 Mathematician, Councillor, educationalist and advisor to Margaret Thatcherr
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Emmeline Pankhurst 1858 – 1928 Leading suffragist and founder the Women’s Social and Political Union
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Christabel Pankhurst 1880 – 1958 Leading suffragist and Women’s Party candidate in the 1918 General Election
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Sylvia Pankhurst 1882 – 1960 Leading suffragist and Founder of the Communist Party (BSTI)
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Mary Quaile Prominent Trade Unionist
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Elizabeth Raffald 1733 – 1781 Business woman and author, wrote The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Esther Roper 1868 – 1938 partner of Eva Gore-Booth, trade unionist and suffragist
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Enriqueta Rylands 1843 – 1908 Founder of the John Rylands Library and philanthropist
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Olive Shapley 1910 – 1999 Broadcaster, educationalist and radio producer
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Shena Simon 1883 – 1972 Educationalist and political reformer
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Marie Stopes 1880 – 1958 Birth control pioneer
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Ellen Wilkinson 1891 – 1947 Labour MP, co-organiser of the 1935 Jarrow March and mental health campaigner.
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Emily Williamson 1855 – 1936 Co-founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds