To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024, the Hartlepool Mail has rounded up just some of the town’s inspirational women.
This is not a definitive list of inspirational Hartlepool women but rather a snapshot of the undoubted talent produced and shaped by our town.
13. Aimée Whitton
The professional model has raised more than £4,500 for Zoë's Place Baby Hospice, in Middlesbrough, and has hosted her own pageant, Miss Angel of the North. Photo: Ian McClelland
14. Lindsay Johnson
Born in 1980, the former Manor College and Hartlepool Sixth Form College defender played for Everton Ladies for more than a decade and was capped 43 times by England. Photo: Frank Reid
15. Wincey Willis
Willis, pictured far right with TV-AM colleagues in 1984, is a former weather forecaster and television presenter who spent part of her life growing up in town. Photo: PA
16. Jill Mortimer
Born in Leeds in 1965, Jill became Hartlepool's first Conservative MP for 57 years and the town's first female MP when she trounced Labour with a 6,940 majority in the 2021 parliamentary by-election. Photo: Stu Norton