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It has been more than 500 years since Mary Tudor, the first Queen of England and Ireland, ascended the throne. There have been many more 'female firsts' since then, including Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize, Charlotte Coper, the first woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal and Elena Lucrezia Cornaro, the first woman to receive a degree.

As the International Women’s Day approaches on 8 March, we have selected six properties with links to pioneering women, including Sandown House, the former home of Esher-born Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer; the terrace house in Fulham where Mary Pickford, one of the first female MPs, once lived; and the New York penthouse where Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady, resided.

Two of the properties are in a street or village associated with a pioneering woman.

Just as these women’s legacies have stood the test of time, so have the properties and places they once called home.

 

Sandown House, Esher, Surrey

Ada Lovelace created the first algorithm which allowed Charles Babbage's computer to be used beyond pure calculation, making her the world's first computer programmer. Ada Lovelace lived at Sandown House from 1841. Penthouse, Sandown House, Esher, Surrey – Guide price £950,000 

Sandown House, Esher, Surrey

Penthouse, Sandown House, Esher, Surrey – Guide price £950,000

Sandown House, Esher, Surrey

Penthouse, Sandown House, Esher, Surrey – Guide price £950,000

Fulham Road, London SW10

This Fulham house was once the home of The Hon Mary Pickford, CBE. Elected in 1931, Mary Pickford was one of the country's first female MPs. Fulham Road, London SW10 – Guide price £3,200,000

Fulham Road, London SW10

Fulham Road, London SW10 – Guide price £3,200,000

Aubrey Walk, London W8

Singer Dusty Springfield lived at this property in the late Sixties/early Seventies. Lulu has said Dusty was 'the first woman to demonstrate girl power', while Rolling Stone magazine called her Britain’s 'best ever pop singer'. Aubrey Walk, London, W8 – Guide price £14,000,000

Sandown House, Esher, Surrey

Aubrey Walk, London, W8 – Guide price £14,000,000

Sandown House, Esher, Surrey

Aubrey Walk, London, W8 – Guide price £14,000,000

East 62nd Street, New York

Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest serving First Lady (1933-1945) in the history of the US. She lived in this New York apartment between 1953 and 1958. East 62nd Street, New York – Asking price $13,500,000

East 62nd Street, New York

East 62nd Street, New York – Asking price $13,500,000

East 62nd Street, New York

East 62nd Street, New York – Asking price $13,500,000

Dower House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire

The First Lady of Literature Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life in a house very close to this one in the the Hampshire village of Chawton. Dower House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire – Guide price £1,950,000

Dower House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire

Dower House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire – Guide price £1,950,000

Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London, SW10

Biophysicist Rosalind Franklin was instrumental in discovering the molecular structure of DNA in the 1950s. She lived in Drayton Gardens in Chelsea. Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London SW10 – Guide price £4,750,000

Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London, SW10

Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London SW10 – Guide price £4,750,000

Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London, SW10

Drayton Gardens, Chelsea, London SW10 – Guide price £4,750,000

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