University of Bristol Honors Pioneering Women

The University of Bristol recently unveiled a series of ten portraits celebrating notable Bristol women. The project hopes to redresses the traditional focus on the role of men and it is the first of many university initiatives to honor women. There will be new permanent artworks commissioned every year for a decade and in 2028 Bristol will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of full suffrage in Britain.  

You can read more in the B24/7 publication, "Bristol University Honours Its Pioneering Women in New Portraits."  The post includes a list of the women initially recognized:

• Baroness Hale of Richmond, the first female president of the Supreme Court and former chancellor of the University of Bristol
• Professor Jean Golding, leading epidemiologist and founder of the Children of the 90s study
• Dr Gaositwe Chiepe, Botswana’s first female cabinet member and University of Bristol alumnus
• Professor Dorothy Hodgkin, the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize and former chancellor of the university
• Winifred Shapland, first female registrar of the University of Bristol and the first female registrar of any British university
• Dr Elizabeth Casson, the first woman to receive a medical degree from the university and a pioneer for occupational therapy
• Professor Helen Wodehouse, the first female chair at the university of Bristol
• Norah Fry, champion for people with learning disabilities, whose donation led to the creation of the Norah Fry Research Centre
• Enid Stacey, socialist and campaigner for women’s rights and alumnus of University College, Bristol (the precursor to the University of Bristol)
• Mary Paley Marshall, the first woman lecturer at University College, Bristol

The University of Bristol received its royal charter in 1909 and is located in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom. The university was the first higher education institution in the UK to admit men and women on an equal basis.