Famous Women

[Barmaid]

My step daughter has to choose a famous women in History to write a project and do a presentation. I've come up with a list of options for her. But it got me thinking, if you had to do this as a project, who would you choose and why?

[joggerjayne]

Marilyn Monroe ... because she was the most famous woman wh ever lived ...

... and even all these decades later, she has a lasting influence on cinema, sex, clothes, body-consciousness, etc.

There will never be another woman like Double M.

[bobjugs12]

I reckon it's gonna have to be Fern Britton for me

[caslass]

I think I would choose Elizabet the 1st. The span of her life ie her father, her brothers and sister, could make great reading. Walter Raleigh could also be fitted in. Yes it would have to be Elizabet for me.

[bigfoot3000]

Probably a pioneer maybe the first woman to climb MT Everest, go into space or one of the many unsung female inventors.

[sandyRoe]

Her Majesty, The Queen. She lives her life in the goldfish bowl of publicity yet continues to serve her country without thought for herself.

[NoMercy]

Nancy Astor.

[funnygirl]

Florence Nightingale.

[paddywak]

Mary Seacole, a coloured lady, virtually unheard off now a days, who despite all the obstacles placed in her path nursed soldiers in the Crimea with great success and though generally now forgotten she was in her day as famous as Florence Nightingale

[rowanwitch]

Mary Seacole black nursing pioneer same time as Florence Nightingale or Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson the first woman to gain a medical qualification in the UK and also the UKs first woman mayor or
Betty Boothroyd first female speaker and very interesting life

[bobjugs12]

All of your examples are good, however Fern Britton still trumps them

[123everton]

Edith Cavell, a brave woman.
Marie Stopes, an absolute b i t c h, who changed the world for women.

[poodicat]

Emily Pankhurst

[rowanwitch]

Actually I wanted to say mrs T but was scared I'd get hate mail....

[bigfoot3000]

Tonyted leave that Dragqueen's name off this site!

[4getmenot]

amelia earhart. Just so I'd only have to rent the dvd watch it and then write about it

[NoMercy]

pmsl...

[Barmaid]

Some great suggestions!

On my list for the sd I've got:-

Elizabeth Fry
Edith Cavell
Mary Queen of Scots (there is a local element to that one)
Catherine of Aragon (again, local)
Grace Darling
Emmeline Pankhurst
Lady Jane Grey
Marie Curie
Amelia Earhart

I tried to pick a cross section and have given her a short biography for her to choose from.

If I was doing this, I'd probably choose Katherine Swynford.