International Women's Day 2020

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Across
  1. 4. American activist in the civil rights movement and key figure in the Montgomery bus boycott, Rosa _ (5)
  2. 5. This Queen was the longest reigning monarch in British history until her record was broken by Queen Elizabeth II (8)
  3. 7. First woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor, _ Garrett Anderson (9)
  4. 9. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo over this ocean (8)
  5. 10. Nicknamed ‘The Maid of Orléans’, led the French army to victory at Orléans in 1429 (4,2,3)
  6. 14. Work by Mary Shelley often considered the first science fiction novel (12)
  7. 15. Scientist who, along with her husband, discovered polonium and radium (5,5)
  8. 20. Surname of jazz singer nicknamed 'Lady Day', Billie _ (7)
  9. 21. Hollywood actress known for films including ‘Sophie’s Choice’ and ‘Kramer vs Kramer’ (5,6)
  10. 24. The last pharaoh of Egypt (9)
  11. 25. Britain’s first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, led the country for this many years (6)
  12. 26. Novel by Maya Angelou, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird _' (5)
Down
  1. 1. Author of the Harry Potter books, the best-selling book series in history (1,1,7)
  2. 2. Jazz singer nicknamed ‘Lady Day’, Billie _ (7)
  3. 3. First name of youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner, _ Yousafzai (6)
  4. 6. Actress Olivia Coleman won an Oscar for her role in this film (3, 9)
  5. 8. Laura Trott is Britain’s most successful female olympian, with four gold medals in this sport (7)
  6. 11. Best-selling novelist of all-time, whose works include ‘Death on the Nile’ and ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. (6, 8)
  7. 12. Surname of the tennis-playing sisters who have over 50 Grand Slam titles between them (8)
  8. 13. Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, but the group became more well known under this nickname (12)
  9. 16. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to have flown here (5)
  10. 17. Florence Nightingale was famously nicknamed ‘The Lady with the _’ (4)
  11. 18. The last Pharaoh of Egypt (9)
  12. 19. Jane Austen’s celebrated novel originally titled ‘First Impressions’, _ & Prejudice (5)
  13. 22. Nickname of England’s Women’s football team who made the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup in 2019
  14. 23. Who In 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to play the title character in this show