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Next new is musician and activist

“Shah draws on her own experiences of moving through the world as a Muslim woman to push back against the racism she sees strung through the core of society.”

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2020-03-06

Our 1st NEW is Florence Collard and the shipyard women!

“The women drove cranes, welded metal, fixed rivets and laboured in the freezing wind and rain. They worked 12-hour days, then went home to peel potatoes and read bedtime stories to their children”

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2020-03-03

So, I found out that a school in Sunderland has changed the names of the houses, inspired by There is now a Dryburgh house and a Cook house.

I’ve never been so proud in my life. 🙌 to

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2019-09-22

Today we celebrate Dr. Marion Phillips- the city’s first female MP, elected in the 1st ever election in which men and women had equal voting rights.

Today Dr. Phillips gets her blue plaque unveiled on Foyle Street, thanks to the work of

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2019-09-13

Graduate artist Kathryn Robertson has joined forces with Sunderland author Jessica Andrews to celebrate Sunderland's Rebel Women. https://t.co/9KdntdQ47R

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2019-09-12

Today, we celebrate Ida and Louise Cook- Millfield-born, opera-loving typists who saved many Jews from Nazi persecution.

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2019-09-08

Ta da! The next of our newly-commissioned series, celebrating inspirational women from the city- ’s & !

Illustration by &stories (which you can hear for the 1st time on 14th Sept) by

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2019-09-07