Thanks to all who attended the Suffrage Stories event last night, what a great audience you were! Photos will follow shortly and I will be adding more info on the event and especially the performance involving projections of brilliant women inspired by the suffragettes 'A Pageant of Great Women'. This is my take on an updated version of the pageant and is a work in progress, involving research and practice around filling out history with the achievements of women. The list of women featured in the projection is:

Learned women

Germaine Greer

Rosalind Franklin

Joan Riviere 

Concepcion Arenal

Temple Grandin

Artists

Frida Kahlo

Jane Campion

Tina Fey

Jean Rhys

Josephine Baker

Louisa May Alcott

Claire Denis

Coco Chanel

Meryl Streep

Missy Eliot

Nina Simone

Delia Derbyshire

Francesca Woodman

Anna May Wong

Scientists

Dr Grace Murray Hopper

Dr. Shirley Jackson

Stephanie Kwolek

Mary Anderson 

Marie Curie

Margaret E Knight

Ada Lovelace

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Heroines

Gloria Steinem

Dorothy Pitman Hughes

Corrie ten Boom

Jackie Pullinger

Gladys Aylward

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Cathy Freeman

Irena Sendler

Molly Brown

Leaders

Betty Boothroyd

Hillary Clinton

Aung San Suu Kyi

Phoolan Devi

Clara Campoamor

Indira Gandhi

Warriors

Rosa Parks

Emmeline Pankhurst

Malala Yousafzai

Ford sewing machinists

Ronda Rousey

Maria Pita

Madres de Plaza de Mayo

Dolores Huerta 

Some quick research into any of these women is an inspiring experience and it has most definitely been one of the most motivating, eye-opening and exciting pieces of research I have ever done. It was so joyous to spend hours uncovering these amazing women from history and discovering the breadth and scope of their achievements.

Thanks to all who suggested women to include and set me on this wonderful journey of discovery.