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Emma Dunn - the woman raising awareness of intersex people

Posted by: Siobhan Sherry, Posted on: 8 November 2018 - Categories: Individual blog

Emma shares this incredibly moving account of discovering that the unusual symptoms she was exhibiting were due to the fact she carried XY chromosomes, those associated with being male. Read about Emma's story of courage, education and acceptance.

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Sarah Lowther - the woman whose career in the Civil Service was inspired by the suffragettes

Posted by: Siobhan Sherry, Posted on: 6 November 2018 - Categories: Individual blog

Read about the entrepreneurial and military women in Sarah's family, and who dropped tea on a famous pilot!

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Sheila Sturgeon - the woman who will not let anything stop her

Posted by: Siobhan Sherry, Posted on: 2 November 2018 - Categories: Individual blog

Sheila has collected a lot of titles over her life and is looking forward to possibly adding Dr to those titles, but more importantly to continue working under the title of Grandma.

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