Mar 6, 2020 · MI5 staff have been celebrating International Women's Day 2020 with a series of social events, panel conferences and inspirational talks to staff, leading up to Sunday 8 March. …

In 1929 she became the first female officer in Britain's Security Service, MI5, and was still their only woman officer at the time of her dismissal for insubordination in 1940. She had been responsible for investigations into Soviet intelligence and subversion.

MI5 is marking International Women’s Day with a series of digital events, talks and blogs for staff on this year’s theme ‘Choose to Challenge’. This February, MI5 is proud to be marking LGBT+...

Dame Stella Rimington DCB (born 13 May 1935) is a British author and former Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996. She was the first female DG of MI5, and the first DG whose name was publicised on appointment.

Oct 10, 2009 · Women played a more important role in the security service than in any other wartime government department, maintaining its registry and letter checks which were kept up to date by 130 women clerks. By early 1917, MI5’s Central Registry contained 250,000 cards and 27,000 files on its chief suspects.

MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), [2] officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).

Jan 23, 2019 · MI5 is celebrating the centenary of women’s right to vote with a number of events. In particular, our gender network is championing notable women throughout MI5’s history in recognition of the...

May 8, 2019 · Dame Stella was asked to identify them, inadvertently making herself and her husband the target of KGB recruitment. Having returned to the UK, Dame Stella successfully applied for a full time role with MI5, only to discover that it was run entirely by men – who viewed women as second class citizens.

Dame Stella Rimington is renowned for her position as the first female Director-General of MI5, the United Kingdom's secret security service. Stella worked across all three branches of the security service, gaining knowledge on counter-espionage, counter-terrorism and counter-subversion whilst assessing the security of government communications.

Nov 23, 2024 · The episode also discusses the broader evolution of women's roles in British intelligence, shedding light on figures like Jane Sismore, MI5’s first officer, and Mary Shearer, MI5's first female agent handler.