Queen, Tracey Emin, Barbara Windsor among ‘ladies of today’

February 15th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI  

London, Feb 15 (ANI): Tracey Emin, EastEnders star Barbara Windsor and the Queen are some of the women who have made it to a list honouring the ‘ladies of today’.

Celebrating its 125th year, respected publication The Lady has compiled a list of 125 of the most ‘intelligent, empowered and inspirational’, reports The Telegraph.

The women were selected by a panel of judges, including magazine editor Rachel Johnson.

On choosing the finalists, Johnson said: ‘A distinguished panel at The Lady and beyond put their heads together and after many weeks of lively, free and frank (ie vicious) argument settled on the 125 women we regard as Ladies of Today.

‘This is not a scientific list, nor are these your usual run of females: we haven’t chosen them for their looks/vital statistics/reality TV careers, but because we think these are women who think not ‘what can I get out of this?’ but ‘what can I put in?’.’

The 125th anniversary issue of The Lady is out on February 16.

Here are the 125 ‘ladies of today’:

Royals/aristocracy

The QueenDeborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of DevonshireThe Duchess of KentThe Duchess of CornwallThe Princess Royal

Business

Jacqueline GoldKarren BradyGail RebuckElisabeth MurdochNatalie MassenetDame Marjorie ScardinoHelen AlexanderScience and researchJane GoodallBaroness Susan Greenfield

Activists and charity

Baroness D’SouzaMarjorie WallaceCamila BatmanghelidjhShami ChakrabartiDame Fiona ReynoldsDame Jennifer Jenkins

Public office and law

Caroline LucasBaroness Betty BoothroydKate HoeyDame Stella RimingtonBaroness Shirley WilliamsClare ShortFiona ShackletonElizabeth WilmshurstBaroness Helena Kennedy

Publishing

Victoria BarnsleyCarmen CallilCaroline DawnayCaroline Michel

Journalism

Alexandra ShulmanAnna WintourRebekah BrooksTina BrownDame Joan BakewellVirginia IronsideRosie BoycottSarah SandsSally Brampton

Writers and poets

Carol Ann DuffyJilly CooperAmanda ForemanSelina HastingsAS ByattSarah WatersHilary MantelDoris LessingJoanna TrollopeJacqueline WilsonLady Antonia FraserJeannette Winterson

Food

Marguerite PattenPrue LeithDelia SmithNigella LawsonRuth RogersRose Gray

Gardens & interiors

Penelope HobhouseAnnabel AstorEmma BridgewaterCath Kidston

Music

Annie LennoxDame Shirley BasseyDame Julie AndrewsDame Felicity LottSadeKate BushAlison MoyetLuluPetula Clark

Art & design

Sam Taylor-WoodTracey EminMaggi HamblingJulia Peyton-JonesZaha Hadid

Voluntary sector

Ruth BondLiz Burnley

Fashion

Lulu GuinnessBetty JacksonEmma HopeDame Vivienne WestwoodBarbara HulanickiZandra RhodesCelia BirtwellMary PortasMary QuantAnya HindmarchDaphne GuinnessProfessor Louise Wilson

Film & theatre

Dame Maggie SmithDame Judi DenchDame Helen MirrenJulie WaltersTilda SwintonVanessa RedgraveEmma ThompsonHonor BlackmanDame Eileen AtkinsHannah RothschildMargy KinmouthJude KellyKatie MitchellCaroline Quentin

TV & radio

Anna FordEsther RantzenKirsty YoungKirsty WarkAngela RipponSandi ToksvigMoira StuartArlene PhillipsJenni MurrayKate AdieBarbara WindsorDawn FrenchJoanna LumleyJennifer SaundersVictoria Wood

Sport

Dame Tanni Grey-ThompsonSally GunnellSue BarkerJayne Torvill

Dance

Darcey Bussell. (ANI)

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