December 2015 - Womanthology

New Year 2016

Should auld acquaintance [not] be forgot: Remembering what 2015 taught us and looking forward – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Polly Wilton

Lover and a Fighter: Royal Military Police bodyguard turned ski champion, turned entrepreneur – the unstoppable Polly Wilton

Leonora Saunders 10% and rising portrait

Challenging stereotypes by using imagery to change the way we perceive professional women – Leonora Saunders, Photographer

Instrumentl

A crowdfunding platform set up by female researchers for female researchers – Angela Braren, Co-founder of Instrumentl

Professor Karen Holford

They told me I couldn’t become an engineer … so I did it anyway – Karen Holford, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University and Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Bones

Combining medicine and engineering to develop biomedical materials that mimic the properties of bone to improve the lives of patients – Liz Tanner, Professor of Biomedical Materials at the University of Glasgow

Ford National Womens Engineering Day 2015

Hannah Pearlman at Ford Motor Company on how “the difference between try and triumph is a little umph” and why opportunities are out there, you just need to go and get them

Girl in boxing gloves

We must break free of unconscious bias in childhood to help break the glass ceiling – Oliver Black, Founder of My Family Care

Mars Rover

Mission to Mars: Who gets to decide what an engineer looks like anyway? Why I’m proud that #ILookLikeAnEngineer – Abbie Hutty, Senior Spacecraft Structures Engineer at Airbus Defence and Space

Claire Harper - Indiacoco founder

IndiaCoco Founder, Claire Harper on why women who have a passion and a business idea should go for it

Lauren Stacey

Follow my lead: Lauren Stacey, Technical Team Leader at British Airways on why women should spread their wings through careers in engineering

Legal Justice Team

Women standing out from the crowd: Championing gender equality through Lego action figures – Media Editor, Writer and Producer, Maia Weinstock

Dame Stephanie Shirley

Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley on why women should be themselves and no longer need to be ‘honorary men’ to succeed in business

Claire Horton - Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Working in a charity: Amazing people changing the world by championing change and protecting those in need – Claire Horton, Chief Executive Officer of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Beans

The kindness concept – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Carers

Caring for the carers: Ensuring carers’ voices are heard by policy-makers, employers, the media and the general public – Emily Holzhausen OBE, Director of Policy & Public Affairs at Carers UK

Sharon Watson

Stepping out of our own shadow and allowing the city I love to shine – Sharon Watson, Artistic Director at Phoenix Dance Theatre

Crisis at Christmas

Why homelessness is simply wrong: Matching my passion with a profession and making volunteering meaningful – Chris Freed, National Volunteer Manager at Crisis