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Famous Women

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..... one of the founding members of the suffragette movement, she reached the age of 100 years in 1983

..... FIRST girl ever to take part in the Leigh District Youth League Final with her Mosley Common United team-mates - 2004

* Hazel Blears

..... FIRST woman born and bred in Salford to be elected as Salford's Member of Parliament for Labour in 1997

* Helen Brown

..... in 1987 she stood as the FIRST ever Council Candidate for the Salford Green Party

* Henshall Miss

..... the FIRST Matron of Salford Royal Hospital which opened in 1827

* Hilda White

died 2001

..... on 17th June 2000 she celebrated the award of an MBE on behalf of her work in Salford. In 1969 she moved to her council home at Thorn Court, Pendleton and since then worked tirelessly for the estate. In 1970 she formed the FIRST tenants' association in the city . Before there were entrance security systems in the tower block she would patrol the 22 floors last thing at night checking for intruders. The tower block now has state of the art security system, community rooms, attractive gardens maintained by residents, a conservatory and a gym and sauna. In 1993 she was honoured by Salford Council with their Golden Heart award

* Honour Margaret Rosell Santoi Fuller

born 8th December 1910 died 1997

..... who, as Jill Summers, had a career in show business that lasted 80 years and culminated in her role as Phyllis Pearce in the television soap Coronation Street. She was born in Eccles and her childhood was often spent with foster parents who could be cruel. When her mother died she went to work in a cotton mill before entering service. She married at the age of sixteen and ran a combined newsagents and hair-dressing salon with her husband in Sale, Manchester. When her husband died she formed a singing double act with her brother and during the war joined ENSA. This was when she chose her stage name of Jill Summers. After the war she toured widely in variety and pantomime and played every theatre in London. In 1956 she had her own series on Yorkshire TV - Summers Here. Throughout the 60s she continued to play the Northern club circuit and also played many small character roles in various television programmes. She first appeared in Coronation Street in 1972 playing Bessie Proctor and returned ten years later as Phyllis and from 1985 appeared in more than 500 episodes