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Month: November 2020

Breaking up is hard to do

23 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Women had to wait until the 1920s to have equal legal rights to exit an unhappy marriage.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged divorce, legal rights

Elspeth Phelps (1876-1968)

21 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Elspeth Phelps may be largely forgotten now but she had a knack for making news

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged court, dressmaking, fashion, retail, soroptimist, suffragette, theatre

Why I’m on Team Rhondda

19 November, 20205 January, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Hereditary peeresses were not admitted to the House of Lords until 1963. The blame sits with one man.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged legislation

Call her by her name

18 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

One reason why women's stories get lost is because they are much more likely than men to change their name during their life. Helen Lenoir is a case in point.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Hotel, Savoy Theatre

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