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City boss Dame Helena Morrissey champions the life of the pioneer of women's cricket. Baroness Heyhoe Flint ruffled feathers and shook up a male-dominated sport. Dame Helena makes the case for why this ground-breaker is a great life. Presented by Matthew Parris. With Dr Raf Nicholson who teaches history at Queen Mary University of London and is a writer on the women's game Dame Helen has also made it to the top of her career in a male dominated world of the City. She is founder of the 30% Club, a campaign group whose aim is to get a minimum of 30% women on FTSE-100 boards. Now working as Head of Personal Investing with Legal and General Investment Management. Producer: Perminder Khatkar First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017.
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