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Month: June 2021

Kate Meyrick (1875-1933)

24 June, 202130 June, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Kate Meyrick reigned over a nightclub empire in the 1920s, breaking the law and making her own long-lasting mythology.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged 1920s, Holloway, nightclubs

Hilda Leyel (1880-1957)

9 June, 202115 June, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Hilda Leyel founded Culpeper's as well as changing the way we cook and raise money for charity. Her influence is widely-felt but her name is little-known.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged First World War, retail, theatre

Louise Jopling (1843-1933)

5 June, 202129 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Louise Jopling's School of Art expanded her own horizons as well as those of her pupils.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged artist, education, Whistler, Women's Tax Resistance League

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