Woman's Hour - 08/06/2009

With Jane Garvey. Does height matter? Jane Garvey is joined by Peter Allen to talk about the perils of being a shorter man. Is there anything to the notion of 'Napoleon Syndrome'? Libbie Escolme-Schmidt started her career as an air hostess in the 1960s, when exotic stopovers, crazy parties and romantic trysts seemed to come as part of the job. She joins Woman's Hour to talk about her new book, in which she celebrates being part of the golden age of commercial flying. The Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award was created in memory of Lady MacRobert, but in the prize's forty-year history only one woman has won it. Jane Garvey is joined by Fire Engineer Marianne Foley who explains why she is up for the prize, and Garth Morrison of the MacRobert Trust talks about the life and legacy of Lady MacRobert. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating six cases where women were attacked or killed after reporting to the police that they were bring threatened. Jane Garvey is joined by Amerdeep Somal, Commissioner at the Independent Police Complaints Commission and Garry Shewan from the Association of Chief Police Officers, to find out what is being done to make sure victims of harrassment and stalking are being properly protected by the police.