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Margaret Havinden (1895-1974)

30 April, 20221 May, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Margaret Havinden shook up the world of advertising between the wars and shaped the identity of brands we still see today.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged advertising, WACL

Marion Jean Lyon (1885-1940)

22 April, 202226 April, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Marion Jean Lyon, the first president of the Women's Advertising Club of London (WACL) was a woman with Punch.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged advertising, networks, WACL

Ethel Watts (1895-1963)

31 March, 202231 March, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Ethel Watts was an accountant who knew that numbers mattered, particularly when it came to women's pay.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Good Housekeeping, junior council, networks

Margaret Partridge (1891-1967)

28 February, 20226 March, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Sparky Margaret Partridge built a business lighting up villages in the 1920s

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

Caroline Haslett (1895-1957)

26 February, 202226 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Caroline Haslett believed in the equality of status and opportunity for women at work, particularly in the field of engineering. What would she think of the progress made to date?

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

Helen Vernet (1875/6-1956)

25 January, 20221 February, 2022 Lizzie B1 Comment

Helen Vernet was a gigolo-loving book-maker who made millions between the wars.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged horse racing

Ella Gasking (1891-1966)

28 December, 202126 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Ella Gasking turned a small family business into a household name, building Batchelor's into a brand that lives today.

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

Olive Edis (1876-1955)

28 November, 20211 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Olive Edis photographed many of the leading figures of the day but it is her record of women's war work that was a real landmark.

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

Edith Beesley (1879-1960)

23 November, 202126 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Between the wars, Edith Beesley carved out a career as the Queen of Insurance.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged insurance, networks, suffragist

Christina Broom (1862-1939)

21 November, 2021 Lizzie B1 Comment

Christina Broom took to the streets with her camera and created a vital record of Edwardian London.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged photography, suffragette, suffragist

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