Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

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And Shard structural engineer Roma Agrawal and Crossrail tunneller Alex Mitchell are an inspiration to girls who want to know that no job is just for the boys in 2018. Suddenly, the government was asking middle- and upper-class women – previously seen as too delicate – to roll up their sleeves and support the fight. A Welsh Government spokesperson said: “Our intention is always to use inclusive language and not exclude anyone from learning about and discussing these important topics.

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Then my co-presenter Jon Snow once advised me that the key challenge was to ask the filthiest possible question in the nicest possible way. Having considered a wide spectrum of views, we will be making some changes to include referring to young women and girls rather than ‘people who bleed’ (whilst remaining sensitive to the needs of those who menstruate, but do not identify as female).A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn’t.

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The Bloody Brilliant campaign has said it will be making changes to its materials following widespread criticism of its decision not to use the words women or girls. Through the stories of their professional success we’ll learn about the creation and implementation of the Festival of Britain; the ways in which women had to push the boundaries to get ahead; and the ‘fabulous fees’ of flourishing women novelists. Merched Cymru said: “The adverse consequences of deliberately adapting language to be impersonal, ideological, based on body parts and bodily functions, or being ‘gender-neutral’ on an issue so clearly related to biological sex will be experienced by the very groups a Period Dignity Strategy needs to reach.Bloody Brilliant addresses the topics at the heart of the challenges young people face when discussing and experiencing periods in Welsh and English. Novelists Hilary Mantel, Sarah Waters and poet Carol Ann Duffy are literary giants — I think I’ve read every word they’ve ever written.

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As the book is UK focused, its exploration of key British institutions is expansive: women were not granted full membership of the University of Cambridge until 1948 (despite Newnham being established in 1871); the first female MP was Sinn Féin’s Constance Markievicz (who, as is customary with Sinn Féin MPs, did not take her seat); Rachel Beer edited both the Observer and the Sunday Times in the late 19th century.

Thatcher had a strong belief in meritocracy – something which would hold back the progress of other British women. In this episode we’ll meet Jane Drew, a visionary architect of the mid-20th century; and the better-known novelists Iris Murdoch, Agatha Christie, and Muriel Spark. Thanks to new legislation, lower-class women were finally provided for, but post-war reconstruction brought its own set of conflicts.

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Trans men and non binary people often have periods, so the use of gender neutral language makes sense.The portrayals of the women in this book are not hagiographic: Marie Curie visits a field hospital run by women during the war, but doesn’t lift a finger to help; Emmeline Pankhurst is a neglectful and sometimes cruel mother. Their combined aim is to open up the conversation and provide information on period health, so generations of young people don't suffer in silence through fear of speaking out or lack of understanding around what's normal when it comes to periods. The Welsh Government said the PHSE curriculum guidance preceding the RSE code also did not make reference to male and female. We are introduced to Emily Hall, who, with the help of her family, overturned the law that allowed men to lock their wives up. Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention' is available in paperback from Waterstones (po.