3. She tended to injured and dying soldiers from all over the world. She enlisted in the British Red Cross Hospital in Swinton Grange to provide help and companionship to the injured in their darkest hour’s in Britain and France during WW1.
Ursula did have a period of illness herself and was sent home from France to recuperate from “Rose Measles”. This seems to have been what we now know as German Measles. #inspirationalwomen #history #yorkshirewomen

Inspirational Women from Doncaster.
VIOLET RADCLIFFE – INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURER Part 3

Within a month of arriving in England Violet found work at the Rockingham Arms Hotel on Bennetthorpe before moving on to work at T.B. Morley, a lighting company on Wheatley Hall Road. Violet worked at T.B. Morley until it closed.
Violet was affectionally known as Miss Mammy within the Caribbean Community. #inspirationalwomen #genealogy

Inspirational Women from Doncaster.
VIOLET RADCLIFFE – INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURER
Part 2

She travelled from Southampton to Doncaster by train where she lived with her sister. Violet recalls that her taxi from the train station to her new home in Balby cost 75 shillings, or £3.75. #inspirationalwomen #genealogy #history

Inspirational Women from Doncaster.
VIOLET RADCLIFFE – INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURER Part 1.
In Jamaica Violet worked as a dressmaker, taking in work from in and around the town where she lived. Violet left Portland, Jamaica aged 33 and sailed to the UK with her 12-year-old niece. Like many others from the Caribbean, she wanted to come to the UK to pursue new opportunities and work. She arrived on 22 March 1956. #inspirationalwomen #genealogy

Happy 102nd birthday to Pippa Latour, codename "Geneviève", Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
She joined the WAAF to be an airframe mechanic, but became a wireless operator in occupied France.
#InspirationalWomen #WW2 #NewZealand #SOE

Women CEOs & Executives are rare in Japan, with women representing just 13% of Executives. This is despite the country setting a goal of 30% women in executive roles way back in 2003.

Congratulations to Makiko Ono for becoming the first woman CEO of a listed Japanese company with a market capitalization of more than ¥1 trillion.

#AdvancingWomen #InspirationalWomen

STORY: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/28/business/corporate-business/suntory-beverage-food-acquisitions/?tpcc=nlbroadsheet&utm_content=buffer73917&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Italy’s Sara Morganti heads down every centreline with a team of loyal supporters cheering her on.🤗

The four-time World Champion spoke with us about her support network & the power of solidarity.🤝

👉 https://www.fei.org/stories/lifestyle/horse-human/inspirational-women-sara-morganti

📸©FEI/Lizz Gregg

#InspirationalWomen

Strength, spirit and self-belief! 💫

Ginger Kennett is not only a talented vaulter, eventer and artist, she is also a role model for other aspiring athletes. 🙌🏻

👉 https://www.fei.org/stories/lifestyle/horse-human/inspirational-women-ginger-kennett

📸 ©FEI/ Richard Juilliart

#GenderEquity #Vaulting #InspirationalWomen

In celebration of Susan B. Anthony's birthday we'd like to share a post highlighting her life and contribution to the women's suffrage movement.

Her bravery is something to admire and to emulate as we continue to fight for equality.

#inspirationalwomen
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony