Ann Daniels
I was delighted to meet Ann Daniels recently. She looked fantastic in purple dress and matching high heels, in contrast to her normal working outfits on the ice. We were both shocked to discover hours had passed while we were talking. My only concern about telling her...
Dita Von Teese (1972 -)
The innate struggle of so many women is to be recognized for their assets and not their ‘Assets’. Yet here I am, someone who has always railed against the male inability to see past breasts, admitting that I am truly, madly in love with Dita Von Teese. Yes, she uses...
Teresa Graham CBE
It is with great delight that we present to you our next inspirational Wonderful Woman – Teresa Graham CBE, who will take up the position of Chair of the Women of the Year organisation in January 2011. Teresa is also possibly the best networker we have ever...
Claire Smith
Non Exec Director for Mott MacDonald, a firm she considers to be ‘ethical, decent, highly professional, quietly improving lives worldwide through transforming infrastructure and services. Claire retired early from the Diplomatic Service in 2007, having joined in 1979,...
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69BC – 30BC)
Cleopatra, immortalized by Shakespeare, a lover of great men, an iconic ruler in her own right. She was the last person to rule Egypt as a Pharaoh, originally in unison with her father and then her brothers, until she eventually cemented her personal rule through her...
Ma Joad – The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
Ma Joad is an unlikely candidate to be lauded as an inspiring woman. In as much as Steinbeck can be said to write heroes and heroines into his dark, gritty works, she is not one of them, and in fact could probably be seen as a secondary character, unimportant other...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005)
“The cup of endurance runs over, and the human personality cries out, ‘I can take it no longer’ “ (Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958). December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus and a series of events is put into action...
Orlando – A Biography (Woolf)
If there’s anyone you can rely on to have created a character worth noting, it’s Virginia Woolf, and in Orlando we are not disappointed. This character transcends gender, genre and time, and goes through life experiencing it to the full, in a way the rest of us can...Heather Melville
We are thrilled to present to you our very first Wonderful Woman of Inspiration – Heather Melville. Heather was recently awarded The 2010 WIBF Champion for Women Award by the Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) network. Needless to say, Heather had not written an...Camila Batmanghelidjh (1963 – )
Camila Batmanghelidjh was born in Tehran, Iran. There she lived what she has described as an “unbelievably sheltered” life, protected by the social standing of her wealthy Iranian father and Belgian mother, until the age of 11, when she moved to England, where she...