Driven women spark girls to think of car careers

By Tom Beasley

A fleet of nine Aston Martin supercars with female drivers at the wheel zoomed into a Coventry girls school as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the variety of jobs available to women.

The event took place at Tile Hill Wood School & Language College, in Nutbrook Avenue, Tile Hill, this week.

It was organised by the Inspiring Women campaign, which was founded by Miriam Gonzlez Durntez, partner in a major international law firm and also wife of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Mrs Durntez spoke to a group of more than 100 pupils at the school, introducing an opportunity for networking with strong female role models from Aston Martin, which has its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

She encouraged the girls present, all aged 12 to 15, not to limit their dreams and to work hard towards achieving a job in any profession in which they want to work even if that was in an area like cars or engineering traditionally associated with men.

Sam Tasker, assistant headteacher at Tile Hill Wood, said: The girls found Miriam really inspirational and a few of them even wanted her autograph.

Tile Hill Wood School & Language College Aston Martin event

The fact that they had access to so many inspirational women means they came away really upbeat because it let them ask what they wanted.

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