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Woman of the Day former Auxiliary Territorial Service Staff Sergeant Betty Webb born OTD 1923 in Shropshire, WW2 codebreaker at Bletchley Park. It was then known only as Station X where women outnumbered men three to one.

Having grown up with a German au pair and with time spent… pic.twitter.com/7pHKGt5x8Q

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Woman of the Day Mary Reibey born OTD 1778 in Bury, Lancashire, transported to Australia as a convict in 1792 and by 1811, a prosperous businesswoman in her own right in New South Wales with interests in trading vessels and property.

When she was convicted of horse stealing at… pic.twitter.com/x8za24ZRRC

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Woman of the Day journalist, screenwriter and pioneer aviator Harriet Quimby born OTD 1875 in Michigan, the first American woman to qualify for a pilot's licence and the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel.

Harriet went to California to become an actress… pic.twitter.com/9usAP2cegn

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Woman of the Day stockbroker, publisher and women’s rights campaigner Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) of Ohio, who became the first woman to be nominated for President of the United States OTD in 1872. She and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, became the first women stockbrokers on… pic.twitter.com/7j7jhtatK8

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Woman of the Day German Resistance activist Sophie Scholl born OTD 1921 in Germany, a student at the University of Munich and a member of the White Rose passive resistance group, executed at just 21.

Sophie was enthusiastic when the Nazis first came to power in 1933. She… pic.twitter.com/Vs3MYwLSHm

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Doctor and politician Ethel Allen was born OTD 1929 in Philadelphia. Describing herself as “unbossed and unbowed”, she served as the first African-American woman member of Philadelphia City Council and was appointed by the State Governor as Secretary of the Commonwealth of… pic.twitter.com/3bgk54UduB

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Today’s women of the day are the millions worldwide who have ovarian cancer.

It strikes about one woman in 70 and is the deadliest of the five gynaecological cancers.

Symptoms can include:

*Bloating Eating less and feeling fuller

*Abdominal, pelvic or back pain

*Needing to pee more or urgently

*Bowel habit changes

*Fatigue

Indigestion, abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge, unexplained weight changes and painful sex are also possible symptoms.

These symptoms might not be ovarian cancer but if they last more than a few weeks, you should see a doctor and keep going until the cause of the symptoms is found.

The earlier the diagnosis the better the survival rate.

Ovarian cancer is not detected by a cervical smear. The tests for the disease are a CA-125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound.

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Woman of the Day writer, photographer and explorer Isabella Bird (1831-1904) of Yorkshire, one of the 19th century's most intrepid women travellers, the first woman to climb Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, and the first woman Fellow of the Royal Geographical… pic.twitter.com/Vgwuuxozqo

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Woman of the Day WW2 German Resistance activist Traute Lafrenz born OTD 1919 in Hamburg, the last surviving member of the White Rose resistance movement. Arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned by the Nazis’ People’s Court, she was rescued by the US Army in 1945 when they… pic.twitter.com/253rN1QaIZ

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) May 3, 2024

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Woman of the Day chemist Clara Immerwahr, the first woman in Germany to pass the predoctoral qualifying examination for professional chemists and the first woman awarded a doctorate in physical chemistry at a German university, died OTD 1915 aged 44, by her own hand. Please be… pic.twitter.com/LjVE3WFPks

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) May 2, 2024

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Women of the Day painter and ornithological illustrator Jemima Blackburn, born OTD 1823 in Edinburgh, and Emma Wedgwood born in 1808 in Staffordshire. There is a link between the two women and it was when I went searching for Emma that I found Jemima.

Jemima’s watercolours were… pic.twitter.com/lALUJ4drJe

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) May 1, 2024

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Woman of the Day doctor, teacher and suffragist Emily Stowe of Ontario died OTD 1903 aged 71, the first woman to publicly practise medicine in Ontario, the first woman principal of a public school in Ontario and a founder member of the Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association.… pic.twitter.com/24XoBIkp9A

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Woman of the Day pioneer Alaska aviator, bush pilot and flight instructor Pearl Chamberlain born OTD 1909 in West Virginia, the first woman to fly solo along the Alaska-Canadian Highway. She insisted on teaching everyone who wanted to learn to fly, including Native Alaskans; one… pic.twitter.com/oIIaPk5Eol

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) April 29, 2024

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Woman of the Day engineer, mathematician, inventor and suffragette Hertha Ayrton born OTD 1854 in Portsmouth, the first woman elected to the Institution of Electrical Engineers. She invented the Ayrton gas fan, carried by 100,000 soldiers in the trenches in WW1 to dispel poison… pic.twitter.com/8MK3LFXLOb

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) April 28, 2024

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Woman of the Day philosopher, historian and author Mary Wollstonecraft born OTD 1759 in Spitalfields, London, widely regarded as one of the UK’s first feminists. Her reputation was unjustly shredded for a century after her early death but her influence was far-reaching and can… pic.twitter.com/EksV6LSDjG

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) April 27, 2024

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Woman of the Day teacher and social reformer Gertrude Tuckwell born OTD 1861 in Oxford, the first woman magistrate in London, a founder member of the Magistrates’ Association in 1920 and president of the National Association of Probation Officers. Deeds Not Words really should… pic.twitter.com/KR6gDtZxRq

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Woman of the Day Madge Easton Anderson born OTD 1896 in Glasgow, the first woman to work professionally as a lawyer in the UK. It took an appeal to the Court of Session before this highly qualified woman was permitted to sit her final Law Agent exam on the same basis as men… pic.twitter.com/Xkswy59j6E

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) April 24, 2024

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Woman of the Day soldier Hannah Snell born OTD 1723 in Worcester who disguised herself as a man and joined the 6th Regiment of Foot. She took part in the capture of Pondicherry and fought in the Battle of Devicotta during the War of Austrian Succession.

Neighbours in Worcester… pic.twitter.com/teM0nL2hzH

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Woman of the Day Peggy Knight born OTD 1920 in London, whose perfect French and skills as a shorthand typist caught the attention of the Special Operations Executive in the run-up to D-Day. Codename: Nicole.

The SOE rushed her through the training in two weeks. Six practice… pic.twitter.com/s6zuB9iocj

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Woman of the Day Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne born OTD 1890 in the Ardennes, one of the first women to be trained by the Special Operations Executive and at 52, the oldest woman SOE agent sent to France during WW2. Codename: Adele.

At the beginning of the war, Marie-Thérèse fled to… pic.twitter.com/O82Zra7hWU

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