{"id":2311,"date":"2019-03-07T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:18:22","slug":"international-womens-day-8th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2019\/03\/07\/international-womens-day-8th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day 8th March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><a href=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2019\/03\/2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2312\" src=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2019\/03\/2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2019\/03\/2019.jpg 285w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2019\/03\/2019-133x75.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a>According to Wikipedia, the following famous ladies are linked to Kenilworth and District. \u00a0 They include our very own Club member Professor Rebecca Probert!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rebecca_Probert\">Rebecca Probert<\/a> (born 1973) legal historian and expert on marriage law. lived in Kenilworth with her travel writer husband Liam D&#8217;Arcy-Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #202124;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a title=\"Anna Russell (botanist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Russell_(botanist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Russell<\/a> (1807\u20131876), botanist, lived in Kenilworth.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenilworth#cite_note-Ladies-59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[59]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #202124;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a title=\"Isabel Burton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isabel_Burton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isabel, Lady Burton<\/a> (n\u00e9e Arundell, 1831\u20131896), religious writer and wife of the scholar <a title=\"Richard Francis Burton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Francis_Burton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Francis Burton<\/a>, was born in Kenilworth.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenilworth#cite_note-61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[61]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #202124;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Edith Emma Cooper (1862\u20131913) was one half of <a title=\"Michael Field (author)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Field_(author)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Field<\/a>, known as a poet, dramatist and diarist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #202124;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a title=\"Julia Slingo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julia_Slingo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julia Slingo<\/a> (born 1950), climate scientist and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, was born in Kenilworth.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenilworth#cite_note-70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[70]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #0066cc;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenilworth#cite_note-72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[72]<\/a><a title=\"Sarah-Jane Perry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah-Jane_Perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah-Jane Perry<\/a> (born 1990<\/span><\/sup><sup><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">), professional international <\/span><a title=\"Squash (sport)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squash_(sport)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">squash<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> player, was educated at Kenilworth School.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenilworth#cite_note-74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[74]<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Wikipedia, the following famous ladies are linked to Kenilworth and District. \u00a0 They&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":694,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news-2018-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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