An extraordinary number of famous, eminent and other interesting women were born, died or
lived in West Sussex, East Sussex or Brighton and Hove.

This site presents biographies, photographs and press cuttings related to notable Sussex
women who made a significant contribution to the arts, science and society, including:
Heroines
Historians
Horse breeders
Musicians
Novelists
Painters
Pioneers
Philanthropists
Photographers
Poets
Politicians
Notable Sussex Women
Academics
Actresses
Businesswomen
Dancers
Campaigners
Comedians
Composers
Designers
Dramatists
Engineers
Explorers
Click on the links below to read about some fascinating and notable Sussex women
Did you know ... The world's first qualified female doctor, the inventor of the A-Z, two survivors of the
Titanic; Linda McCartney, Hilda Braid, Fanny Cradock, Gracie Fields, Wendy Hiller, Vivien Leigh, Anita
Roddick, Anna Neagle, Edith Nesbit, Ellen Terry, Dorothy Tutin, Noel Streatfeild, Virginia Woolf, Flora Robson,
Diana Dors, Angela Carter, Catherine Cookson, Anna Sewell and Whistler's mother ... lived in Sussex?
Reformers
Scientists
Sculptors
Servicewomen
Singers
Sportswomen
Suffragists
Suffragettes
Travellers
Writers
Women's rights activists