Old records mostly wrote about men: kings, merchants and engineers. That doesn't mean women weren't here! These are women connected to Newcastle that we know about. Can you find out about more?
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Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Stayed here
The eldest daughter of Henry VII of England. In 1503 she stayed two days at a Newcastle friary on her way to join her new husband, James IV of Scotland. She was Queen of Scotland from 1503 to 1513.
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Mary Astell
1666–1731
Born here
A writer and philosopher born in Newcastle, who argued that women should have equal chances to be educated. She is remembered as one of the first people in England to speak up for women's rights; some call her 'the first English feminist'.
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Elizabeth Elstob
1683–1756
Born here
A pioneering scholar of Anglo-Saxon, born and brought up in the Quayside area of Newcastle. She was the first person to publish a grammar of Old English written in modern English.
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Anna Howard Shaw
1847–1919
Born here
Born in Newcastle in 1847, she became a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a doctor and one of the first women to be ordained as a Methodist minister in the United States.
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Muriel Robb
1878–1907
Played here
A tennis player and member of the Jesmond Lawn Tennis Club in Newcastle. She is best remembered for winning the ladies' singles title at Wimbledon in 1902.
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Newcastle United Women's Football Club was founded in 1989.