Dr Jean Venables CBE

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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 

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

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

Imogen Grant is a star in the rowing world.  She became hooked on rowing at Cambridge University, and was in the winning boat race team two years running.  Imogen is now in the Team GB Olympic rowing squad for this summer's Games in Tokyo, and we were lucky enough to chat to her before she left for Japan.  

Follow Imogen:

British Rowing  Website:    https://www.britishrowing.org/athlete/imogen-grant/ 

Twitter:    @imogendaisyg

Twitter:    @TeamGB

Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu was the first sickle cell and thalassaemia specialist nurse in Britain, revolutionising the treatment of this disease in 1979 and coupled with her activism to help people with the disease earned her a knighthood. Elizabeth is also author to “Mixed Blessings from a Cambridge Union” which refers to her parents who met at Cambridge University.    

Follow Elizabeth:

Website:   elizabethanionwu.co.uk 

Twitter:     @EAnionwu 

Twitter:     @SickleCellUK

Twitter:     @seacolestatue