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Month: August 2024

Irene Manby (1882-1963)

25 August, 202418 November, 2024 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Little trace now remains of Irene Manby's interwar accommodation business that housed thousands of women.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged housing, soroptimist, Women's Provisional Club

Gabrielle Borthwick (1866-1952)

12 August, 202411 February, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Gabrielle Borthwick helped other women become Queens of the Road.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Women's Engineering Society

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