International Women's Day has arrived and The Chad is celebrating all the fantastic females of Mansfield and Ashfield
The day is a rallying point in the movement for women's rights and today we are highlighting all the inspirational women that make the area great.
International women's day Blazing a trail in a male-dominated world, as CEO of Mansfield Town, she is one of the very few women running a football club.Daughter of Lord Byron, the Hucknall mathematician is regarded as the first ever computer programmer.The Mansfield swimmer won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyleBorn in Mansfield Woodhoise and starting out as a clerical assistant, she has risen to become Chief Executive of Mansfield District CouncilNot content with winning medals as a swimmer at two Paralympic games, the Mansfield-born athlete then went onto become World Champion paracanoeist
