Women have a long history of establishing and using their networks to get things done.
Sisters, doing it for themselves
Author: Lizzie B
Ethel M. Wood (1877-1970)
Ethel Wood had an impact on a wide range of organisations between the wars but has been forgotten by all of them.
Anne Meerloo (1889-1927)
Anne Meerloo set up her own advertising business when she still in her early 20s
The past is not a foreign country
Women have been part of the commercial workforce in Britain for nearly 200 years. Why is their representation in FT-SE 100 leadership roles still so low?
Marion Dorn (1896-1964)
Marion Dorn left her mark on Britain with her innovative textiles.
Dorothy Cottington Taylor (1891-1944)
Through her leadership of the Good Housekeeping Institute, Dorothy Cottington-Taylor equipped women to make light work of housework.
Margaret Havinden (1895-1974)
Margaret Havinden shook up the world of advertising between the wars and shaped the identity of brands we still see today.
Marion Jean Lyon (1885-1940)
Marion Jean Lyon, the first president of the Women's Advertising Club of London (WACL) was a woman with Punch.
Ethel Watts (1895-1963)
Ethel Watts was an accountant who knew that numbers mattered, particularly when it came to women's pay.
Margaret Partridge (1891-1967)
Sparky Margaret Partridge built a business lighting up villages in the 1920s
Women Who Meant Business 