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Angelou, Marguerite Annie, (Maya), (4 April 1928–28 May 2014), writer, singer and actress  

Born St Louis, 4 April 1928; d of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson; one s; died 28 May 2014

writer, singer and actress

George Washington High Sch., San Francisco; California Labor Sch....

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Blackstone, Baroness, (Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone) (born 27 Sept. 1942)  

PC 2001; PhD; Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich, 2004–11

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Crawley, Baroness, (Christine Mary Crawley) (born 9 Jan. 1950)  

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Currie, Edwina, (Edwina Currie Jones), (born 13 Oct. 1946)  

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Fairbairn, Dame Carolyn (Julie), (born 13 Dec. 1960), Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20  

DBE 2019

Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20

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Hogg, Baroness, (Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg, (Viscountess Hailsham)) (born 14 May 1946)  

Senior Independent Director, International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail Group), since 2020; Independent non-executive Member, Office for Budget Responsibility, since 2023

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Howlett, Elizabeth, (Elizabeth Robson), (born 17 Jan. 1938), Professor of Singing, Royal College of Music, 1989  

Professor of Singing, Royal College of Music, 1989

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Kelly, Rt Hon. Ruth (Maria), (born 9 May 1968), PC 2004; Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 2015–20  

PC 2004; Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 2015–20

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Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness, (Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock) (7 July 1944–3 Dec. 2023)  

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McAleese, Dr Mary Patricia, (Mrs Martin McAleese), (born 27 June 1951), President of Ireland, 1997–2011; Professor of Children, Religion and Law, University of Glasgow, since 2018  

President of Ireland, 1997–2011; Professor of Children, Religion and Law, University of Glasgow, since 2018

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O’Neill of Bengarve, Baroness, (Onora Sylvia O’Neill) (born 23 Aug. 1941)  

CH 2014; CBE 1995; PhD; FBA 1993; FMedSci

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Oldfather, Irene, (born 6 Aug. 1954), Director, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland, since 2012  

Director, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland, since 2012

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Perry of Southwark, Baroness, (Pauline Perry) (born 15 Oct. 1931)  

President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, 1994–2001; a Conservative Party Whip, House of Lords, 2011–16

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Trollope, Joanna, (born 9 Dec. 1943), writer  

CBE 2019 (OBE 1996)

writer

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Weir, Alison, historian and novelist  

historian and novelist