Emily Wilding Davison

Emily Wilding Davison was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century.

Grace Darling

Grace Horsley Darling was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame.

 

Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts, built up through extensive travels.

 

Catherine Cookson

Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers.

 

Mary Midgley

Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights.

 

Rachel Parsons

An engineer and advocate for women’s employment rights. She was founder of the British Women’s Engineering Society in 1919. The organisation promoted the retention of women engineers after World War 1, as well as supporting engineering as a career for women.

 

Dr Ruth Nicholson

A Newcastle born woman who went on to become a prominent surgeon in the early 20th century. She was a founding member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1929, being elevated to fellow of the college in 1931.