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Newnham biographies
This series of short biographies brings together many of the individuals who have been significant in the history of the College, including all those after whom buildings and public rooms are named.
To discover more of our remarkable alumnae, from activist and Judge Akua Asabea Ayisi to chemist Marjory Stephenson, see our Pathfinders and Pioneers page.
- Margaret Anstee - 1926-2016
Dame Margaret Anstee, the first female Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, and Newnham alumna.
Margaret Anstee was born in Essex in 1926. Her parents, having had very little access to secondary education themselves, were determined that their daughter would have the best education they could manage. Margaret came up to Newnham in 1944 to read Modern and Mediaeval Languages and got a First.
She had a whole string of ‘firsts’ to her name including reaching the rank of Under-Secretary General of the UN in 1987. She served all over the world during her career including in South America, Ethiopia and Morocco. She coordinated the response to disasters from the Bangladesh cyclone to Chernobyl, and led the UN team which attempted to secure a peace settlement in Angola. She also advised successive UN secretaries-general on post-conflict peace building.
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Vanessa Beeley
Blogger, writer and photographer
Vanessa Beeley
Born 1963/1964 Occupations Known for Sharing conspiracy theories and disinformation related to the Syrian Civil War Father Harold Beeley Vanessa Beeley (born 1963/1964[1]) is a British activist and blogger[2][3][4] known for sharing conspiracy theories[5] and disinformation[2][6] about the Syrian civil war and about the Syrian volunteer organisation the White Helmets.[3][5][7][6][8]
Early life and career
[edit]Beeley is the daughter of former British diplomat Harold Beeley.[9][10][11] Initially, she worked as a consultant to a waste management company in the Middle East.[2][12]
Activism
[edit]Beeley has travelled to Palestine where she lived through Israeli bombardments.[13] In 2014, she started her blog titled The Wall Will Fall in which she supported the Palestinian cause.[14]
Since 2015, Beeley has focused her activism on the Syrian civil war. She first visited Syria in July 2016.[9] That year, she met Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad in Damascus as part of a US Peace Cou
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Eva Emery Dye
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