Hester Parnall (1868-1939) 22 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Hester Parnall brewed up business success in Cornwall.
Working Girls on Film 5 December, 20225 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment How did working women fare on the big screen before 1970?
Irene Barclay (1894-1989) 4 December, 20224 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Irene Barclay was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor.
Octavia Hill (1838-1912) 27 November, 20224 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Octavia Hill may be a name from the past but she lies behind many organisations operating today.
Women against the vote 23 November, 202227 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment The pro-suffrage movement gets plenty of coverage but a surprising. number of women were anti-suffrage: what is their story?
Alice Cornwell (1852-1932) 30 October, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Alice Cornwell owned a national newspaper but it is her own story that is newsworthy.
Mary Petherbridge (1870-1940) 20 October, 202224 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Mary Petherbridge started her career in a sector where women were poorly paid and found it hard to progress. 125 years later, little has changed.
Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989) 29 September, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Gertrude Leverkus was a pioneering architect who provided housing for other working women
Margaret Bateson (1860-1938) 24 September, 202225 September, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Margaret Bateson was a journalist who gave voice to the work of women
Maud Carpenter (1892-1967) 18 August, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Maud Carpenter ran the Liverpool Playhouse for nearly forty years and became a local legend.