[1] After spending her early years in Paris, France, she settled in Cambridge, England, in 1959 on her marriage to George Magnus.
Each one has, by developing her own interests and talents, contributed to the community, and in working for personal fulfilment has brought benefit to others.
"[5] Among the women included were Judi Dench,[7] Margaret Drabble,[8] Erin Pizzey,[9] Margaret Busby,[10] Laura Ashley, Mary Quant, Lynn Seymour, Marina Warner, Fay Godwin, Iris Murdoch, Elisabeth Lutyens, Julia Neuberger, Shirley Williams, Dorothy Hodgkin, Jessica Mitford, Edna O'Brien, Kathleen Raine, Molly Parkin, Christina Foyle, Marjorie Proops, and Dame Barbara Hepworth.
[5] It was the first photographic exhibition in the Gallery’s history to focus exclusively on female achievement, and in September 2018 a selection of the portraits was mounted in a new display at the NPG.
[13] Magnus has worked to restore the Palais épiscopal d'Alan [fr] in Alan, Haute-Garonne, a home that she shared with her husband.