A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T U V W XYZ
" if the truth be told, most housework can be omitted without grave consequences"
Lucy Ellman
Her name is Lucy
* Lucy Bennett
..... FIRST woman pipe fitter at Shell Haven
* Lucy de Bruyn
..... FIRST English person to teach at the Hebei Teachers' University in Shihiazhuang, capital of the Hebei province of China. She went at the invitation of Professor Huang Hung-Shu who had read her first book ' Woman and the Devil in 16th-century Literature' and felt that she would be the ideal person to prepare his post-graduate students for their M A theses
* Lucy Caroline Lyttelton Cavendish
..... in 1904 Leeds University awarded her an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws for notable service to education, the FIRST woman to receive it. She was a major benefactor of the Girls Public Day School Company which was responsible for establishing day schools for middle class girls
* Lucy Evelyn Cheeseman
born 1881 died 1969
..... FIRST woman curator at London Zoo. She was an eminent entomologist who had made several expeditions all over the world to collect insects for the British Museum
* Lucy Higginson
..... FIRST female editor of Horse and Hound in its 118 years when appointed in 2002
* Lucy B Hobbs
born 1833 died cl900
..... American who was the FIRST woman graduate in dentistry although others had practised unofficially She was refused permission to study many times because of her sex but on February 21st 1866 she graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, Cinncinatti with a DDS degree. She was already a practising dentist at this time as there was no legal requirement to hold a licence. Due to her previous experience she was only required to attend the Ohio college for one semester
* Lucy MacSwiney
..... Britain's FIRST female world paragliding champion when she threw herself off a mountain in Austria to win the title
* Lucy Stephenson
..... although not the only woman trained in bomb disposal she was the FIRST female bomb disposal expert to be used in an actual operation in February 1990 when she helped to remove 18 explosive devices from beneath Southampton airport
* Lucy Stone
born 1818 died 1893
..... in 1847 she was the FIRST woman in Massachusetts to graduate from Oberlin College, which was then the only college open to women and black people. She was also the FIRST woman in the US to keep her own name after marriage and inspired what is now a commonplace practice for women in public life. With her husband Henry Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth Blackwell, they worked for female suffrage through State legislation and founded the weekly, Woman's Journal, in 1872. Her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell, was the only original member of the National American Woman Suffrage Society to see the arrival of the vote for American women in 1919
* Lucy Sutherland
..... FIRST British dressmaker to succeed in France when she turned to dressmaking to support herself and her children. She called her company Maison Lucile and after marrying again moved to Hanover Square and did a roaring trade in beautiful and delicate underclothes. At this time in Paris although dressmakers showed off their creations on real models they were forbidden to move. Lucy decided to do something different and got six attractive girls and made a stage for them to parade on, today's 'catwalk'. Then she sent out invitations to people like Princess Alice and Margot Asquith for a fashion parade
* Lucy Stuart Sutherland
born 21st June 1903 died August 20th 1980
..... Australian historian and administrator who was the FIRST woman to act as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Oxford University between 1961 and 1969 and the FIRST woman to speak at the Oxford Union
* Lucy Walker
born 1836 died 1916
..... in 1864 she was the FIRST woman to scale the Balmhorn and on 22nd August 1871 became the FIRST woman to reach the summit of the 14,693 ft Matterhorn. She also made the FIRST female ascent of the Weisshorn and Lyskamm and over time established herself as the dominant female climber of the time. She climbed in a white print dress and took cake and champagne with her. She was one of the FIRST members of the Ladies Alpine club, founded in 1907, and in 1912 at the age of 76 she became its second president
* Lucy Winkett
..... in 1997 she became the FIRST woman to be appointed to St Paul's Cathedral when appointed canon
* Lucy Yeomans
..... FIRST woman on the BAS team at Ice Station Halley on 14th October 1995