Dr Jean Dr Jean Venables CBE
Dr Jean Venables CBE is a civil engineer who became the first female president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2008; she is a proponent of sustainability projects and has been selected by photographer Anita Corbin to be part of her exhibition called First Women UK which features ordinary women achieving extraordinary things
Photo taken by Anita Corbin
Renee Friend
Charity Champion winner, Renee Friend has spent 30 years fundraising and raised a whopping 5 million pounds for Isabel Hospice in Bishops Stortford. Find out what drives her in this interview with Suzie Thorpe
Susan J Smith
This year Girton College celebrates 150 years since it’s foundation – and the 71st anniversary of it’s official admittance of women to the University of Cambridge. We meet Mistress of Girton College Susan Smith who talks to Women Making Waves contributor Phil Mynott about the list of women who have roads named after them in Eddington, Cambridge’s new urban area
Photo taken by Phil Mynott