Dame Laura Knight sits on Royal Academy Selection Committee and makes history. For the first time in the history of the Royal Academy, a woman is a member of the Selection Committee which has started at Burlington House, its task of choosing works for the Coronation Exhibition. The first woman Academician to sit as a judge Dame Laura Knight, renowned as one of Britain's most versatile artists. Photo shows: the Selection Committee voting on one of the paintings. 1 April 1937