Southampton

An Anglo-Saxon nun who lived at a monastery at Heidenheim, in Germany. In the late 8th century she wrote an account of the life of St Willibald, which describes Hamwic as a market. Her Wikipedia page calls her "the first known Englishwoman to have written a full-length literary work".

A campaigner for women's right to a university education, and a suffragist. She was born at Carlton Crescent, Southampton, in 1830, and she founded Girton College, Cambridge.

A pianist and teacher, born Mathilde Wurm in Southampton, the fourth of ten children. She studied for four years with Clara Schumann in Frankfurt, and regularly appeared at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts. Her sisters were Adela Verne, Alice Verne-Bredt and Mary Wurm.

A pianist, born in Southampton, who toured in many parts of the world. She wrote a Military March for Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother.

A suffragette and politician, born in Liverpool, who moved to Southampton in 1903. In 1911 she had Emmeline Pankhurst to tea after Pankhurst gave a speech in the town. In 1927 she was elected Southampton's first woman mayor.

A poet, novelist and missionary bookseller, born in Southampton. She moved to Kenya in 1954 to sell books, became a Kenyan citizen in 1964, and won awards for many of her books. Her most notable novel is Coming to Birth (1986).

A footballer who spent all but one season of her club career with Southampton's women's team, which won the Women's FA Cup eight times between 1971 and 1981. She has also worked as a coach, administrator and writer, and in 2022 she was named Southampton's "Forever Saint".

A sailor, born in Southampton in 1986. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2008, sailing a Yngling.

Southampton's first woman mayor, Lucia Foster Welch, was elected in 1927. By 1959 the city had elected its sixth woman mayor, Rosina Marie Stonehouse.