Celebrating the unsung heroines inspiring women today

2018 is the centenary of the British suffrage movement, and walking through the streets of London, I feel I'm constantly reminded of this significant historical era.

From suffragette-themed tours at the Museum of London to posters in the windows of Waterstone's bookshops, the legendary stories are sung with joy of how Emmeline Pankhurst, Emily Davison and their peers used radical tactics of protest, civil disobedience and hunger strikes to win an equal voice for women. Hearing many of these stories for the first time, I felt moved and amazed.

Naturally, I also started to think about the heroines in Chinese culture who paved the way for a young girl like me to live with confidence and independence today.