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INSPIRATIONAL HARROGATE WOMEN HIGHLIGHTED FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN\u2019S DAY 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Past and present inspirational Harrogate women are being brought to new audiences as plans are underway to celebrate this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) on 8 March.\u00a0 Harrogate has many inspirational women, and thanks to a new local partnership between Harrogate Film Society, Harrogate Town AFC and Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District, a year long programme of events is being planned rather than just a single day.<\/p>\n

Copa ’71 The Forgotten Women’s World Cup<\/h3>\n

As a pre-launch event, Harrogate Film Society will be screening Copa \u201871 The Forgotten Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> at Harrogate\u2019s Odeon on Monday,3 March.\u00a0 It will be introduced by Sarah Barry Chief Executive of Harrogate Town AFC and Kate Donan, Head of Women\u2019s Football.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Paula Stott Chair of Harrogate Film Society said: \u201cWe are very excited to be showing this wonderful documentary on the big screen and we are very grateful to Sarah Barry and Kate Donan for coming along to introduce it and answer questions afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first Women\u2019s World Cup was held in Mexico City in 1971 – twenty years before the first official FIFA\u2019s Women’s World cup. Telling its story, Copa \u201871 was first released in cinemas last year and features the pioneering women – some would say the Forgotten Lionesses – who took part.\u00a0 Sadly, this historic event had been written out of sporting history – until now.<\/p>\n

At that time, female footballers were used to being obstructed, overlooked and ridiculed at home. They played on park pitches to handfuls of spectators. So the players were unprepared for the reception they received in the tournament’s host country.\u00a0 A tournament that was witnessed by record crowds: more than 110,000 attended the final between Mexico and Denmark, the biggest crowd for a women’s sporting event to date.<\/p>\n

For full details of Copa \u201871 and tickets visit https:\/\/www.harrogatefilmsociety.org\/event-details\/copa-71<\/a><\/p>\n

Women Winning<\/h3>\n

The full programme of the local IWD 2025 events entitled Women Winning will have a strong focus on Harrogate women and those connected with the wider district who have made it in all walks of life including the arts, business, education and sport together.\u00a0 There will also be an ancillary programme of exhibitions, films and talks.<\/p>\n

Christine Anderson, President of Harrogate Soroptimists, said: \u201cIWD has been celebrated for well over a century but its main message has never wavered, it is used to reflect on the extraordinary accomplishments of women.\u00a0 We are delighted to be working in partnership this year to celebrate more women and their achievements and to encourage others whether girls, teenagers, young women or adults to aim for the stars and reach their full potential.\u00a0 In years to come, they too could be celebrated on this special day.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Conversation with Centenarian Sheila Pantin<\/h3>\n

Harrogate\u2019s inspirational WW2 veteran 101 year-old Sheila Pantin will launch Harrogate\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day when she will be \u2018In Conversation\u2019 at St Peter\u2019s Church at 2.30pm on Friday, 7 March.<\/p>\n

As well as being one of a handful of women physical training instructors during the war, Sheila was one of the first British service women to enter a German concentration camp in April 1945.\u00a0 Once demobbed, Sheila became a pioneering PE teacher.\u00a0 Full details of this event will be available soon.<\/p>\n

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