A Dorset gentlemen’s club has welcomed its first female member in its 120-year history. The Society of Dorset Men, which was founded in 1904, changed its rules earlier this year to allow women ...

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Dame Judi Dench is set to be named as the first female member of the Garrick Club just days after the 193-year-old institution voted to allow women to join. The club’s general committee is due ...

Kirsty Coventry is the first female president in the IOC's 130-year history Kirsty Coventry hopes her election as the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committee ...