Heroes and Heroines from history. Who would you want your 5yo to learn about?

[PavlovtheCat]

We can chose anyone we like. It does not have to be from British history really but I would like to try to keep it contained las locally as possible so it is relevant. So, Devon ideally, but not limited to Devon or UK. And ideally relatively new history, so we can relate it to a time frame she might grasp, like in her granny's lifetime.

I am struggling to come up with something .

DH said John Lennon.

Any more?!

Ok, we have Drake. But a bit dull...

Dull!!! he was the first Englishman to circumnavigated the world, stole Spanish treasure for the queen as a licensed pirate (ok privateer) defeated the Spanish invasion fleet ...

Ok you made it sound more Interesting than wiki did...!

To a 5 year old a pirate is a bit more exciting than someone in a band you are too young to remember IMHO

Erm......William Wallace? . depends how old granny is of course

Captain Scott of the antarctic was born in Devon! He was cool...

Oh don't think for one moment I want to do John Lennon. Dh is a big fan...!

www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/people/

Within the last 100 years? What about Elizabeth Boyes-Lyones (or however its spelt - the Queen mum).
She stayed in London during the blitz and visited the East End when it was a bomb site. She never expected to be in the public eye, but took her responsibilities very seriously.

Captain Bligh (of The Bounty), Scott of the Antarctic and all these others here www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk/famous-people

sorry here's the link www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk/famous-people

www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk/famous-people

Bowes Lyon

Elizabeth Fry
Mary Seacole
Elizabeth 1st
Bodica
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Ada lovelace

you said local - is Somerset local enough?

Not local to you, but my 5yo DTDs are doing Grace Darling at the moment. They're finding her fascinating!

Princess Diana
The Queen
Churchill

Oliver Cromwell.... and hope they get some ideas.

Aethelflaed - Queen of Mercia kicked anglo saxon ass.

Queen Victoria
Churchill
Clemenceau

Ooooh grace darling looks like a good one! The queen has been done already, but queen mum could be a good one.

Diana is quite a good one. One that Dh and I remember from our own lives so very recent.

Not local but I'd like DD to know about

Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie
Amy Johnson (early aviator)
Helen Keller (high achiever despte beng deaf and blind)

Also Odette Churchill - spy durng world war 2

I do think girls should learn about women who pushed the boundaries. There are lots of men of course

We have done Florence nightingale. I have been looking at Helen Keller actually. Marie curie bit close for comfort due to personal experience.

Shirley Temple? As a 5 yo girl? Not local obviously, but might be of interest as she was famous as a child.

What about Judith Kerr? (Mog books/Tiger who came to tea) DOn't know where she currently lives though.

My 6yo has just been learning about space and told me all about Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin with great pleasure. Not very Devon-based but very interesting...how about the chap with the big moustache that has the farm on "it's not easy being green"? Was that in Devon? He's quite heroic in an environmental sense and they did lots of cool stuff like the eco diesel from old chip fat!

If you've done Florence Nightingale, you should definitely do Mary Seacole - also a nurse, same era, undertook far more dangerous and beneficial care of the wounded, forgotten by history because she was black.

Oh, and did you know that Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart?