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Woman's Hour

Mary Ward, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the life of Mary Ward the 17th century Catholic nun who actively championed education for girls - and even spent time in prison for her cause. Now, almost four hundred years after her death, Mary Ward's legacy lives on via a network of almost 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide – including St Mary's School in Cambridge. She is considered the first sister of feminism and a pioneer of female missionary work. Sister Jane Livesey and Charlotte Avery headmistress at St Mary’s school for girls tell us about her life and legacy. We hear from Jo Richards from British Wheelchair Basketball about the start of the British Wheelchair Basketball Women's Premier League which begins on Saturday live on the BBC. The league is the first of its kind worldwide, and the UK's first women's professional Para-sport league. What do you remember about ‘ladette culture’? It was a term first coined in 1994 to describe young women who behaved boisterously, assertively and loved a drink. Some considered it a feminist movement – allowing girls to act ‘just like men’. Comedian Shappi Khorsandi – who grew up in the 90’s – explores ladette culture in her new comedy stand up tour. Professor Angela Smith teaches Language and Culture at the University of Sunderland. Shappi and Angela both join Anita to discuss the significance of this time, and how our attitudes have changed. On 17th November 2019, Grey Atticus Fox was born, nine weeks early to author Georgina Lucas and her partner Mike. Weighing just three and a half pounds, he was taken to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and put on a ventilator. But less than two weeks later, a devastating prognosis left Georgina and Mike with an agonising decision of whether to withdraw Grey's life support. Georgina writes movingly about this experience and its aftermath in her memoir If Not For You. Woman to Woman is the all-star group founded back in 2018 and features musical artists Beverley Craven, Julia Fordham and Judie Tzuke. Now the trio are back with a new album, new tour and a new collaborator- singer-songwriter Rumer. Anita will speak to member Julia Fordham about their reunion, working with Rumer and their latest singles. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed

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Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

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Well, it's trending on Twitter today Adele's tearful apology for having to postpone her

0:15.5

Vegas residency the day before the first concert because of COVID. Here it is.

0:20.9

Hi, I'm so sorry, but my show ain't ready. You've tried absolutely everything that we can

0:34.0

to pull it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we've been absolutely

0:39.1

destroyed by delivery delays and COVID, half my crew, half my team at the time of COVID,

0:45.5

the place that are and it's been impossible to finish the show and I can't give you what

0:52.3

I have right now and I'm gutted. I'm gutted and I'm sorry that last minute we've been

0:58.6

awake for over 30 hours and I'm trying to figure out and we've run out of time and I'm

1:09.6

upset and I'm really embarrassed and I'm so sorry to everyone that's travelled again.

1:16.6

I'm really, really sorry, I'm really sorry.

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She seems to feel awful about it and as she says, embarrassed about having to cancel.

1:29.4

So this morning I want to know your stories of canceling at the last moment. What did

1:35.5

you do and how did you do it? Why did you pull out? Did you fib to get out of it or were

1:41.3

you truthful? How embarrassing or awkward was it? Do you use the kids as a convenient

1:46.2

excuse or just say that you're not feeling great? Have you lied about not being able

1:50.0

to be somewhere and then got found out? Is there something you deeply regret not turning

1:54.4

up to? This morning I want you all to fess up and free yourselves of the burden. You

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can get in touch in the usual way. You can text on 84844 text will be charged at your

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standard message rate so do check with your network provider for extra costs. You can

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also contact us via social media. It's at BBC Woman's Hour or you can email us through

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