THE First Minister has been featured in Vogue’s list of the 25 most influential women in the UK.
The British edition of the magazine, launched in 1916, named Nicola Sturgeon among the women “who paved the way and continue to do so”.
The list, which is not ranked, also includes fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, Guardian columnist Marina Hyde, Zara Mohammed, the youngest person and first woman to be elected as secretary general of The Muslim Council of Britain, and the chair of the UK’s vaccine taskforce, Kate Bingham.
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The top magazine puts Sturgeon among the 25 most influential women in Britain, noting how her SNP “claimed a historic fourth consecutive term at the Scottish Parliament election, with the highest vote share since devolution”.
It goes on: “Now, one seat shy of a majority, Sturgeon’s case for a second referendum on Scottish independence is growing ever harder for Boris Johnson to ignore.”
It is the first time the SNP leader has been featured on the list, suggesting the mandate for a second independence vote has not gone unnoticed outside of Scotland.
Sturgeon is one of just two politicians to make the top 25, with the other being Liverpool mayor Joanne Anderson.
Anderson (below), the first woman of colour to be directly elected as a mayor in any UK city, is praised for making “the eradication of violence against women and girls in Liverpool a priority”.
Vogue adds that her election to office “symbolises the turning of a leaf for her home town – once one of Britain’s biggest slave ports – and the country”.
The Vogue 25 list was created in 2018 to shine a light on the women “defining – and redefining – the way we live now”.
Then Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson was featured on the inaugural list. The magazine called her a “beacon … thanks to her relatable personality and progressive ideas”.
She has since stepped down as leader and taken up a role in the unelected House of Lords, where she is known as Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links.
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