International Women's Day 2013

• Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker

  Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker

  Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker, the 'Women of Pervyse', ran a front line medical post on the Western Front during the First World War. A diary written by Mairi during the war is on display in our Saving Lives exhibition.

• Marlene Dietrich

  Marlene Dietrich

  German-born Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich entertained the troops during the Second World War in Africa, Italy and north-west Europe. The uniform she wore while on tour in Europe is on display in our Main Exhibition Space.

• Maggie Barclay-Cooke, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

  Maggie Barclay-Cooke, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

  Maggie Barclay-Cooke was a nursing officer who, faced with sub-zero temperatures and basic conditions, transformed a disused operating theatre to treat patients in the aftermath of the Falklands War. Her story is featured in our Saving Lives exhibition.

• Saranda Bogujevci

  Saranda Bogujevci

  Saranda Bogujevci and her cousins bravely gave evidence in a historic war crimes trial. They testified against a Serbian police unit for the massacre of their family during the Kosovo War. Her story is told in our Big Picture Show: Children and War.

• Claire Davies-Griffith

  Claire Davies-Griffith

  Claire Davies-Griffith, a Senior Nurse in the National Health Service and a Major in the Territorial Army, deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, where she helped run the Camp Bastion hospital. Her story is told in the Big Picture Show: Service and Separation.