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Janet Ramage obituary

Janet Ramage, who has died aged 91, was a pioneering and enthusiastic teacher of physics and renewable energy. In 1958 she got a scholarship to the US. There she became the UCLA’s first female physics instructor, described in the newspapers…

Janet Townsend obituary

My friend and former colleague Janet Townsend, who has died aged 79, was a pioneer in gender and development who achieved many firsts in her career. She initiated the first course on geography and gender to be taught in the UK, at Durham…