Angels of the North: Notable Women of the North East - with a Preface by Ann Cleeves

2018 marks the centenary of the year when (some) women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time.It is also the year of the `Great Exhibition of the North' when we are reflecting on the North's past successes, drawing on these for future inspiration and aiming to encourage the aspirations of our young people, girls and boys.Angels of the North highlights forty women who are either from the North-East - or have strong connections to it.Some of these women are household names whereas others have significant achievements to their credit but are in danger of being forgotten.All of them are women to be proud of. The forty women cover many fields - the arts, politics, science, women's rights, business and sheer heroism.The book focuses on the successes, achievements and ambitions of these women, noting collaborations, friendships and common goals.It also underlines that north east women were the pioneers in many of these fields.The first `feminist literature' was written by a north-