Famous women in British history

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Famous women in British history

Princess Diana

• Born 1 July 1961.
• First wife of Charles (Prince of Wales)
• Famous for her charitable and philanthropic work and her love of fashion, which earned her the nicknames Princess of the People and Fashion Icon

Joanne Kathleen Rowling

• Born 31 July 1965
• British writer ,
• writer,
• film and television producer,
• formerly English teacher.
• She became famous for her series of fantasy novels Harry Potter

Florence Nightingale

• English nurse,
• Statistician,
• Social a
• ctivist and publicist.
• She was known as "The Lady with the Lamp."
• She is considered the founder of modern nursing.

Elizabeth II - Queen of Great Britain

• Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953.
• Today her functions are mainly ceremonial.
• The Queen made over 250 trips abroad visiting 115 countries, including Poland in 1996.
• The Queen is a mechanic and can repair lorries. During the Second World War, the then Princess Elizabeth received training in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, based at the Mechanical Transport Training Section in Camberley

Margaret Thatcher

• British chemist
• lawyer and politician
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
• Her firmness towards striking miners and the Eastern Bloc countries earned her the nickname "The Iron Lady"

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