Here is a list of some powerful women according to Woman's hours HM The Queen: she's the Queen Theresa May: Home Secretary Lady Justice Hallett: judge J K Rowling: Author Harriet Harman: shadow women and equalities minister and deputy Labour party leader Maria Miller: Culture Secretary Nicola Sturgeon: Deputy leader of the SNP Clare Balding: broadcaster Cressida Dick: disgraced police officer, formerly in the Met Dawn French: comedian Helen Boaden: believed to be responsible in part for the BBC pulling an investigation into Jimmy Saville Justine Greening MP: Was Secretary of State for Transport until September 2012, now Secretary of State for International Development Karen Brady: first female manager of a Premier League club, the youngest MD of a UK PLC, and aide to Lord Sugar Margaret Hodge MP: Chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee, and the person many of the companies accused of tax avoidance have said they never wish to face again! Sarah Millican: comedian Baroness/Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson: former GB Paralympian, former advisor to both Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson and an advisor to the government on disability. Cross bench peer in the House of Lords Victoria Beckham: singer/songwriter and wife of David David Beckham Tracey Emin: artist Yvette Cooper: MP and shadow Home Secretary