WIT special events are on from late afternoon to early evening.

This year we have three WIT special events lined up! 

One of them is Women through Herstory which is a dressing up event, we are also cooking up some fun and games for the day!

Below are just a few women who changed the world so you get the general idea...

• Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) First African-American woman to get pilot's license.
• Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) Aviator
• Martha Jane "Calamity Jane" Cannary (1852-1903) A lone woman in the wilds of the Rocky Mountain west
• Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.) was the seventh in a row of the Macedonian princesses.
• Anne Bonny (Approx 1700) was one of the two most famous female pirates
• Queen Elizabeth 1st (1533-1603) Queen of England during a time of great economic and social change,
• Jane Austen (1775-1817) One of the most popular female authors
• Mirabai (1498-1565) Born to a privileged Hindu family Mirabai broke with the conventions of society to live the life of a mystic and devotee of Krishna.
• Sappho (570BC) One of the first published female writers.
• Boudicca (1st Century AD) An inspirational leader of the Britons
• Eleanor of Aquitaine ( 1122-1204) The first Queen of France
• Joan of Arc (1412-1431) At 17 the Joan led the French to victory at Orleans
• Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Presiding over one of the largest empires ever seen, she was the head of state for most of the nineteenth century.
• Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Florence Nightingale was instrumental in changing the role and perception of the nursing profession.
• Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Campaigned against slavery and for the promotion of women's and workers rights.
• Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) A British suffragette who dedicated her life to the promotion of women's rights.
• Rosa Parks (1913-2005) Her refusual to give up her bus seat to a white man indirectly led to some of the most significant civil rights legislation of American history
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Mystic, author and composer
• Mother Teresa (1910-1997) A global icon for selfless service to others
• Billie Jean King (1943) One of the greatest female tennis champions who battled for equal pay for women. She won 67 professional titles including 20 titles at Wimbledon
• The Ladies of Llangollen (Approx 1739) Two upper-class women from Ireland whose relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries.
• Yourself - you are Wonderwoman after all :)

 The other WIT special events this year will be:

• A Recycled Ball giving us a chance to get creative with our ballgowns (or maybe dust off the tux?), There will definitely lots of dancing at that one :)
• A Twmpath - which is a Welsh style ceilidh. We are having a tea party with it (and that means yummy cakes!), and we are also looking into the possibilty of some Twmpath dancing (If you know a woman who can lead a workshop in Twmpath dancing please ask her to get in touch).