IWD 2020 - which woman do you most admire?

Mary Beard for the breadth of her knowledge, her outspokenness, her socialist principles and her ability to ignore abuse.
I'd really object to the Queen, she's never had to deal with real women's issues and she often behaves like a token man.

....ditto....Mary Beard - for not ending to The Establishment.

...bending!

The Queen

Nope.
Nobody springs to mind, apart from the mum of someone I support at work.

Any woman who puts her family first above everything else. I wish I had done this more.

Certainly not Lizzie ,I dont for a minute think she would have done the "job" if all she had got from it was a council house in Glasgow and a minimum wage.... has feathered her own and the nests of all her offspring for decades while children live in poverty .Thats the main reason she hangs on too..she knows when she goes her wee brood might well be out of jobs as a new generation sees them for the parasites they've always been... bring on the republic .
What HAS she done that is so praiseworthy? Isf all old folk were as well treated they would all live to a great age in good health .sadly the already low mortality rate in some parts of the UK is dropping again ,while Lizzie and co prosper

Dame Cicely Saunders
The modern-day hospice movement came into being in 1967 when she founded St Christopher's House in London.
She has my admiration for her devoted compassion to improve quality of life for the dying

Priti Patel for being a strong, woman. She doesn't take nonsense from men. They dislike strong women. Also Catherine Duchess of Cambridge for caring about people's mental health.

I was thinking how much I would object to the Queen. She has done absolutely nothing to change or feminise the RF. She has in fact reinforced the patriarchal nature of the crown. An opportunity for change and modernisation lost.

Our Queen .
She has kept her promise to serve her country and what a great job she is doing.

trisher She has done absolutely nothing to change or feminise the RF.
Why does the RF family need to be changed or feminised? ?
Maybe you think it does, but that doesn't make it so.

Jacinda Ardern for so many reasons.

But also a few women on here who've impressed me.

Definitely the Queen.
All foster parents and carers who give their time and love with very little reward and are largely unsung heroes.

Queen Elizabeth 1.
A successful woman in what really was a man's world, and a success made at personal cost to herself.

Judi Dench so so versatile and a wicked laugh.

The Queen.Especially with the current shenanigans in her family.
My mum who at 98 still lives in her own home. She can drive me bonkers but then when I think how hard she has worked and what she has lived through.
And our daughter's. Hard working women at the coalface of the NHs and education.Juggling families and tight budgets ,and one a serious health concern with stoicism and cheerfulness.When I heard a certain soon to be non member of the Royal Family bleating on about existing but not thriving it made my blood boil for all the amazing women holding it all together out there.

The Queen for sure

Just seen this topic. I would like to nominate our own Gillybob. I admire her strength in supporting her husband through his illness, she is running a small business, helping with Care for Grandchildren, helping her Dad with shopping etc and god knows how many other jobs. Yet she still asks kindly after anyone who isnt well . She comes across as a very special woman to my way of thinking.

Just another reason why the Queen gets our vote. From today's news:
The 93-year-old Monarch is determined to lead the nation by example as she ‘keeps calm and carries on’ despite the emerging coronavirus outbreak. The Queen will attend the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey tomorrow with eight other members of the royal family, where she will mingle with representatives from 54 other Commonwealth countries. A senior Palace source said her majesty is determined to rally the nation until there is ‘compelling advice to the contrary’.
Long live the Queen!

Thank you for the comments about my Mum. She's a feisty little thing and I love and admire her so much

Today I’m admiring Patti Smith - singing and looking fierce -on you tube.

Everyday I seem to find a new woman to admire.

Mollypolly, your mum sounds wonderful.

Chestnut had the Queen chosen to feminise the monarchy she could have introduced some of the things which have always been part of the woman's movement. She could for example have introduced a form of power sharing by allowing Charles to have a part in the formal meetings with the PM and even introduing William to things. She could have made many things, more child-friendly. There seems to be an idea that Royal traditions are long-standing when some have been in place only for a century or so. She has spent the last 70 years stuck in time while the world moves on.

trisher you have no idea what Charles and William participate in. I'm sure they do participate behind the scenes, in fact Charles is taking on many of her duties now because of her age. What on earth does that have to do with 'feminising' the monarchy? And for sure the Queen has not been 'stuck in time' because she has done many things which were never done before.

Chestnut feminism is about doing things differently, so adopting co-operative and inclusive ways rather than dictating from a position of power which is patriarchal. The monarchy is the most patriachal organisation and it hasn't really changed.