“I am thrilled by the Wollstonecraft Society’s efforts to celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest thinkers and champions of justice the world has seen.”
Patrons
AMARTYA SEN
Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen is a renowned scholar of equality and justice, whose awards include Bharat Ratna (India); Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur (France); the National Humanities Medal (USA); Ordem do Merito Cientifico (Brazil); Honorary Companion of Honour (UK); the Aztec Eagle (Mexico); the Edinburgh Medal (UK); and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
LYNNE BERRY
Professor Lynne Berry CBE is Chair of the Human Tissue Authority; Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of Westminster and until recently Chair of Sustrans and a Trustee of Welsh National Opera. She has been a government advisor on equality, women’s rights, health and social care, and better regulation.
FIONA WOOLF
Fiona Woolf DBE was Lord Mayor of London in 2013/14, promoting the UK-based services sector, diversity, inclusion and sustainability. She was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the UK knowledge economy and invisible earnings and a DBE for services to the law, diversity and inclusion and the City of London. A lawyer who has worked in over 40 jurisdictions, Dame Fiona is also a member of 11 City Livery Companies and has been Master of four of them. She was President of the Law Society of England and Wales in 2006/7 and a Trustee of the Science Museum from 2015-2022.
Advisers
BARBARA HEARN
Barbara Hearn OBE was a senior executive in the charity sector for 20 years. She worked in government, Parliament and academia on policy for children and young people. She is an advocate for equality and human rights with women at the fore, and author of Reducing Inequalities: Realising the Talents of All.
ROBERTA WEDGE
Roberta Wedge worked with Newington Green Unitarian Church to win its £1.8m National Lottery Heritage Fund bid: “Uncovering the Dissenters’ Legacy at the Birthplace of Feminism.” She campaigned with Mary on the Green from its inception, and gives expert Wollstonecraft walks and talks, from the Bloomsbury Festival to symposia abroad.