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" I have made my world and it's a much better world than I ever saw outside"

American sculptor ....... Louise Nevelson   1900-1988 

Her name is Louise

* Louise Aitkin-Walker

born 1960

.....  FIRST British woman to win the Coupe des Dames in the Monte Carlo Rally (since Pat Moss), the FIRST woman to win a British national rally and the FIRST British woman (since Pat Moss) to gain a place on the leader board of the Monte Carlo RaIly

* Louise Bennett

born 1870 died 1956

..... FIRST woman President of the Irish Trades Union Congress - 1931/32. In 1913 she helped to start the Irishwoman's Suffrage Federation and then rebuilt the Irish Women Workers Union, laundress's and other trades until she created a strong organisation and was its General Secretary until she retired in 1955

* Louise Bethune

born 1856 died 1913

..... FIRST woman elected to the American Institute of Architects in 1886 and in 1889 she became a Fellow. She specialised in designing schools and a wide range of both public and domestic buildings

* Louise Brown

..... English girl who was the FIRST test tube baby in the word when she was born on July 25th 1978 and weighed in at 5lb 12oz

* Louise DaCocodia

..... one of the FIRST recipients of the Manchester Race Awards on 20th May 1995. The other recipient was Mohammad Abdus Salam, the man behind special training for 9,000 police officers, teachers, nurses and social workers. They were two of Manchester's most prominent anti-racist campaigners and Louise was instrumental in effecting changes to improve the education of all black and ethnic minority youngsters

* Louise Ellman

..... FIRST woman to be chosen for a safe Labour seat under the new controversial "women only" rules in 1995

* Louise Fletcher

..... FIRST woman partner at KPMG accountants, Manchester in November 1994 where she specialised in Information Technology

* Louise Joplin

born 1843 died 1933

..... FIRST woman elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. She was born in Manchester, England and at the age of 17 married Frank Romer who was appointed private secretary to Baron Rothschild in Paris in 1865. Her talents were discovered by Baroness Rothschild who advised her to take lessons. In 1869 her husband lost his appointment and he died four years later. She then married Mr Joplin, a watercolour painter

* Louise St John Kennedy

born 1950

..... FIRST woman appointed to the Architects Board of Western Australia

* Louise Hamilton Mack

born 1874 died 1935

..... Australian who was the FIRST woman war correspondent in 1914 when she went to Belgium for the London Daily Mail and Evening News

* Louise Massett

..... FIRST woman to be hanged at the beginning of the 20th century

* Louise Crummy McKinney

born September 22nd 1868 died July 10th 1931

..... member of the Famous Five she was the FIRST woman member of any legislative body in the British Empire when elected to the Alberta Legislature as a candidate for the Non-Partisan league in 1917 and one of the FIRST two women elected to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1927 when Emily Murphy appealed against the decision of the Supreme Court of Alberta that women were not legally entitled to membership of the Canadian Senate, her name was on the list 

* Louise du Pierry

died 1789

..... FIRST woman professor of astronomy

* Louise - Princess

..... Queen Victoria's sixth child and the FIRST Royal to marry a commoner, FIRST Royal to study at art school and practise her vocation and on March 2nd 1912 she switched on the FIRST Blackpool Illuminations as part of a special parade. These were so well received that they were revived later in the year and the following year a more ambitious display broke all previous records

* Louise Sherman

died 1998

..... FIRST woman assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She also served as a voice coach to, among others, Placido Domingo, Luciano Puvarotti and Joan Sutherland 

* Louise Thaden

..... FIRST secretary of a new association of female aviators founded on November 2nd 1929 at Valley Stream, New York. The others were Amelia Earheart, Gladys O'Donnell, Ruth Nichols, Blanche Noyes and Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie

* Louise Tracy

..... founder of the John Tracy Clinic in America, the FIRST pre-school to offer emotional support, information and speech and lip reading classes to help families cope with deafness

* Louise Woolcock

..... FIRST head girl at Rugby School in 1995. Her appointment caused a minor rebellion among boy pupils when they accused the headmaster of pandering to political correctness and introducing her too soon after co-educational changes. Some unfurled banners which read ' Girls Don't Play Rugby' and 'We're Not Sexist, Just Traditionalists' whilst others boycotted the daily chapel service

* Louise Yates

..... Hope Hospital's (Salford, England) FIRST ever bed manager when appointed in 1993 to be responsible for ensuring that all elective patients, those coming in for operations  and all emergencies go to the right ward 

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