Hilda Hewlett (1864-1943) 27 May, 20219 June, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Hilda Hewlett was the first woman in Britain to get her pilot's licence but it is for making planes as well as flying them that she should be known.
Lena Ashwell (1869-1957) 25 May, 202126 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment Lena Ashwell's belief in the power of theatre took her to the battlefields of France and the swimming pools of East London.
Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) 9 May, 20219 May, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment The queen of cut-outs, Lotte Reiniger's influence on film-making can still be felt today
Name games 6 May, 202126 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment Did marriage always mean taking your husband's name? Not for some Victorian women..
Amy Bell (1859-1920) 1 May, 20211 April, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment Women were only allowed onto the floor of the London Stock Exchange in 1973, nearly 90 years after Amy Bell started work as a stockbroker.