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JK Rowling named amongst the 10 Scotswomen who changed the decade

With the Noughties drawing to a close, Emma Cowing to The Scotsman toasted the women who have made such a massive impact since the turn of the century.

JK Rowling

It is hard to think of a more powerful female figure to have emerged from Scotland in the past decade than JK Rowling. In 2000, Rowling was cementing her position as the world’s most popular children’s author with her fourth Harry Potter book, which broke all literary sales records in both the US and the UK. By 2007, Forbes magazine had ranked her the 48th most powerful celebrity in the world – not just for her enormous impact on child literacy but for her philanthropic work. Her Volant Charitable Trust funds disadvantaged children and MS research. She is a vocal president of One Parent Families, and successfully campaigned for a law change in Romania concerning caged beds for orphans. Whatever she turns her hand to, Rowling has proved she is capable of effecting real change on a global scale.

The nine women who completed the list were:

Olivia Giles
Susan Boyle
Catriona Matthew
Karen Vousden
Carol Ann Duffy
Elish Angiolini
Ann Gloag
Tammy Kane
Nicola Sturgeon

To read Emma Cowing’s article in full and for more information on all included in the list, follow this link.

JK Rowling was born in the town of Yate, South Gloucestershire in 1965. She is the most successful literary author of all time and her world-famous Harry Potter series has sold in excess of 400,000,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty five different languages.

Posted: January 2nd, 2010
Author: Lee
Categories: JK Rowling

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