Synopsis:

The Women Who Went Round the World sets the record straight, telling the stories of pioneering women and their extraordinary journeys around the globe. These are the tales of the remarkable women who’ve been missing from the history books … until now.

Your Speaker: Sally Smith

Sally is a journalist and entertaining writer who has worked for various publications and media including as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail and BBC News in England and ABC News in Australia. She was named Business Writer of the Year, has a Churchill Fellowship and is an established author with books published by Pelham Books.

She has spent a lifetime involved in women’s aviation including as a member of both British and Australian aviation teams, was founder of the world’s first all-girl parachute display team, British women’s freefall parachute champion, second overall female at the World Ballooning Championships and a commercial balloon pilot. Sally has recently been awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society’s 2024 Women in Aviation, Aerospace and Space award.