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200 inspiring people

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LadyBuffOfBuffdonia · 28/04/2021 14:18

I've been inspired by another poster's inclusion of a modern day hero in a thread.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Cohen-Hatton
I'm a teacher currently on maternity leave and would like to do a 'hero a day' when I go back. I'll put the resource on tes as well so others can share it when I have a full set.
I need 200 inspiring people for the list. I'd like it to be representative of society. Obviously at least 50 percent women. At least 20% non white ethnicity and at least 20% disabled.
Ideally I would like people still alive, as I think there are enough lists about inspiring dead people. I'd like it to be the challenge to Kardashian and influencer culture.
I figured I will get some good suggestions on the feminist board. Kardashian's need not apply.

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highame · 30/04/2021 06:45

Doreen Lawrence

highame · 30/04/2021 06:44

Bill & Melisa Gates

Cwenthryth · 29/04/2021 23:19

Marcus Rashford is an excellent call :-)

Cwenthryth · 29/04/2021 23:18

Mae Jemison - not British, but an absolutely phenomenal woman, even before she became the first black woman astronaut.

Evelyn Glennie

sunsetsand · 29/04/2021 23:08

Dolly Parton

sunsetsand · 29/04/2021 23:08

Captain Tom
Marcus Rashford

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LadyBuffOfBuffdonia · 29/04/2021 22:51

Thanks everyone. Lots of great people to look into.

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Ormally · 29/04/2021 22:31

My DD (10) would urge inclusion of Ashley Fiolek - DD has some hearing problems and identified with her for that reason at a much earlier age than I expected.

Ann Makosinski, very young inventor.

Idontlikethatnameanymore · 29/04/2021 18:12

@LadyBuffOfBuffdonia
I've really enjoyed this thread and I hope you've got some good suggestions to follow up. You may also want to check out the R4 programme The Life Scientific which has interviewed many inspirational women working in science.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7/episodes/guide

Polly99 · 29/04/2021 10:12

For schools, Maggie Aderin Pocock is brilliant because she is quite dyslexic and has achieved so much. My dyslexic DD found her quite inspiring.

WarProf · 29/04/2021 09:23

Jade Statt, co-founder of StreetVet, the charity that provides medical care for homeless people's pets www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/street-vet-homeless-peoples-dogs-14069167

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 28/04/2021 23:32

Onjali Rauf, children's author and founder of a women's charity

But it's possible that the focus of her charity would be a bit too heavy for the age group you're teaching.

HopeClearwater · 28/04/2021 23:23

Baroness Amos

Diane Abbott - no kidding here, you have to be seriously intelligent to do what she’s done.

Vera Brittain

wonderstuff · 28/04/2021 23:17

Josephine Baker is a great story. I've been listening to the You're Dead To Me podcast on bbc sounds and there's some really interesting stuff.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 28/04/2021 21:55

Sylvia Lancaster.

OneEpisode · 28/04/2021 21:27

For primary, don’t you want bright colours and images?

Sacagawea? She was Lewis & Clark’s guide.

Eunice Carter and Mabel Walker Willebrandt whose work actually put Al Capone in jail.

Floella Benjamin for everything she has done.

WarProf · 28/04/2021 21:09

Amanda Gorman, the poet at Biden's inauguration: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 28/04/2021 21:09

Michael Rosen

WarOnWomen · 28/04/2021 21:00

@LadyBuffOfBuffdonia

I've seen upper Key Stage 2 do Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah, so perhaps an abridged version that leaves out the crime would be ok.

Generally people have to be squeaky clean in primary though, in case the children look them up.

I thought of him too but BZ admitted to hitting his ex.
ConeyIslandBaby · 28/04/2021 20:59

Greta Thunberg

WarOnWomen · 28/04/2021 20:58

Keanu Reeves! Does loads for charity.

nocoolnamesleft · 28/04/2021 20:54

Dr Kate Granger. She was diagnosed with cancer but campaigned for better communication by hospitals, completed her training, started the "Hello my name is" campaign, wrote two books for doctors about being on the other side of the doctor/patient divide, raised £250,000 for charity and left behind her a NHS reward for compassionate care.

AnneofScreamFables · 28/04/2021 20:53

David Attenborough

WarOnWomen · 28/04/2021 20:49

Am struggling to think of men to be honest.

WarOnWomen · 28/04/2021 20:48

Has anyone mentioned Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock yet?

Ellie Simmonds, OBE