They are some of the most influential women the world has seen, and now you can vote for your favourite. Together with the Greater London Authority and the Press Association, Metro is staging an exhibition at London’s City Hall to celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day.
Millicent Fawcett
Suffragette instrumental in winning vote for women
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette seen as one of key 20th century people
Virginia Woolf
Author and member of London’s Bloomsbury Set
Claudia Jones
Journalist and founder of the Notting Hill Carnival
Cicely Saunders
Founded the world’s first purpose-built hospice
Rosalind Franklin
Biophysicist who helped discover structure of DNA
Margaret Thatcher
First female prime minister, led Britain from 1979 to 1990
Betty Boothroyd
First, and so far only, female speaker of the Commons
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
Britain’s first female Lord Justice of Appeal
Judi Dench
Award-winning film, stage and TV actress
Barbara Windsor
Actress famous for Carry On films and TV’s EastEnders
Vivienne Westwood
Designer who brought punk and new wave into mainstream
Ruth Lea
Economist who has also worked in the civil service and the media
Twiggy
Model face of the 1960s who still fronts M&S advertising today
Sally Hamwee
First female chair of the London Assembly and now life peer
Moira Stuart
First Afro-Caribbean newsreader on British TV, now on Radio 2
Zaha Hadid
Architect behind the London 2012 Aquatics Centre
Diane Abbott
First black woman to be elected to the House of Commons
Angela Sarkis
Former chief executive of the Nurture Group Network and adviser to the Ascension Trust
Andrea Levy
Author who won widespread critical acclaim with awardwinning novel Small Island in 2004
Patricia Scotland
First black female QC and served in several ministerial posts including attorney general
Clara Furse
First female chief executive of the London Stock Exchange in 2001 where she stayed until 2009
Rose Hudson-Wilkin
Ordained a deacon in 1991 and priest in 1994. Made a chaplain to the Queen in 2007
Diana, Princess of Wales
Praised for her charity work on landmines and as president of Great Ormond St Hospital
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Founded Kids Company charity and named businesswoman of the year
Tracey Emin
Croydon-born artist most famous for her works Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 and My Bed
Justine Roberts
Founding partner and chief executive of Mumsnet, which has more than 1.2million visitors a month
Angela Hartnett
Michelin starred chef who was awarded an MBE in 2007. Chef patron for Murano restaurant in Mayfair
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Wheelchair racer who has won 16 Paralympic and 13 world championship medals
Shami Chakrabarti
Director of human rights pressure group Liberty since 2003
Kelly Holmes
Won gold medals for 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Olympics. She advises the mayor of London
Martha Lane Fox
Co-founded Lastminute.com and is a board member of Channel 4, M&S and mydeco.com
Kate Moss
Croydon-born international model and fashion icon who has worked with leading designers
Marai Larasi
Director of Imkaan, which challenges violence against black, Asian, ethnic and refugee women
Zadie Smith
Published her first novel White Teeth in 2000 which won the Whitbread best first novel prize
Vanessa-Mae
Internationally known British violinist whose record sales worldwide are in excess of 10million
MIA
Singer-songwriter whose fusion of hiphop and r’n’b has conquered the charts in Britain and the US
Leona Lewis
X Factor winner whose single Bleeding Love reached the No.1 spot in more than 30 countries
Millicent Fawcett
Suffragette instrumental in winning vote for women
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette seen as one of key 20th century people
Virginia Woolf
Author and member of London’s Bloomsbury Set
Claudia Jones
Journalist and founder of the Notting Hill Carnival
Cicely Saunders
Founded the world’s first purpose-built hospice
Rosalind Franklin
Biophysicist who helped discover structure of DNA
Margaret Thatcher
First female prime minister, led Britain from 1979 to 1990
Betty Boothroyd
First, and so far only, female speaker of the Commons
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
Britain’s first female Lord Justice of Appeal
Judi Dench
Award-winning film, stage and TV actress
Barbara Windsor
Actress famous for Carry On films and TV’s EastEnders
Vivienne Westwood
Designer who brought punk and new wave into mainstream
Ruth Lea
Economist who has also worked in the civil service and the media
Twiggy
Model face of the 1960s who still fronts M&S advertising today
Sally Hamwee
First female chair of the London Assembly and now life peer
Moira Stuart
First Afro-Caribbean newsreader on British TV, now on Radio 2
Zaha Hadid
Architect behind the London 2012 Aquatics Centre
Diane Abbott
First black woman to be elected to the House of Commons
Angela Sarkis
Former chief executive of the Nurture Group Network and adviser to the Ascension Trust
Andrea Levy
Author who won widespread critical acclaim with awardwinning novel Small Island in 2004
Patricia Scotland
First black female QC and served in several ministerial posts including attorney general
Clara Furse
First female chief executive of the London Stock Exchange in 2001 where she stayed until 2009
Rose Hudson-Wilkin
Ordained a deacon in 1991 and priest in 1994. Made a chaplain to the Queen in 2007
Diana, Princess of Wales
Praised for her charity work on landmines and as president of Great Ormond St Hospital
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Founded Kids Company charity and named businesswoman of the year
Tracey Emin
Croydon-born artist most famous for her works Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 and My Bed
Justine Roberts
Founding partner and chief executive of Mumsnet, which has more than 1.2million visitors a month
Angela Hartnett
Michelin starred chef who was awarded an MBE in 2007. Chef patron for Murano restaurant in Mayfair
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Wheelchair racer who has won 16 Paralympic and 13 world championship medals
Shami Chakrabarti
Director of human rights pressure group Liberty since 2003
Kelly Holmes
Won gold medals for 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Olympics. She advises the mayor of London
Martha Lane Fox
Co-founded Lastminute.com and is a board member of Channel 4, M&S and mydeco.com
Kate Moss
Croydon-born international model and fashion icon who has worked with leading designers
Marai Larasi
Director of Imkaan, which challenges violence against black, Asian, ethnic and refugee women
Zadie Smith
Published her first novel White Teeth in 2000 which won the Whitbread best first novel prize
Vanessa-Mae
Internationally known British violinist whose record sales worldwide are in excess of 10million
MIA
Singer-songwriter whose fusion of hiphop and r’n’b has conquered the charts in Britain and the US
Leona Lewis
X Factor winner whose single Bleeding Love reached the No.1 spot in more than 30 countries
Lynne Owens and Cressida Dick
Lynne Owens became the youngest women at 41 to be appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Met in December. Cressida Dick is the first demale officer to be made Assistant Commissioner. The two women share a nomination
Lynne Owens became the youngest women at 41 to be appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Met in December. Cressida Dick is the first demale officer to be made Assistant Commissioner. The two women share a nomination
Dany Cotton
Won the Queen's Fire Service Medal in 2004 and as Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade is the most senior operational woman firefighter in the service.
Won the Queen's Fire Service Medal in 2004 and as Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade is the most senior operational woman firefighter in the service.
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