Stories of early business women who broke the mould
Born Ethel Mary Hogg; also known as Mrs H.F. Wood Sector: Media (Advertising) Every year King's College London holds the Ethel M. Wood Memorial Lecture on Biblical Studies. As well as endowing the lecture in 1947, Ethel Wood gifted the university a priceless collection of over 400 bibles and books of biblical studies in 1950. … Continue reading Ethel M. Wood (1877-1970)
Anne Meerloo set up her own advertising business when she still in her early 20s
Marion Dorn left her mark on Britain with her innovative textiles.
Through her leadership of the Good Housekeeping Institute, Dorothy Cottington-Taylor equipped women to make light work of housework.
Margaret Havinden shook up the world of advertising between the wars and shaped the identity of brands we still see today.
Marion Jean Lyon, the first president of the Women's Advertising Club of London (WACL) was a woman with Punch.
Ethel Watts was an accountant who knew that numbers mattered, particularly when it came to women's pay.
Sparky Margaret Partridge built a business lighting up villages in the 1920s
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?
Helen Vernet was a gigolo-loving book-maker who made millions between the wars.
Women Who Meant Business 