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Fanny Wilkinson (1855-1951)

30 May, 20237 June, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Fanny Wilkinson shaped many of London's outdoor spaces.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged education, gardening, horticulture, international women's congress, suffragist

Rosa Lewis (1867-1952)

25 May, 202311 February, 2025 Lizzie B1 Comment

Rosa Lewis was the Queen of Puddings - and all other courses.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in Business

Emily Ward (1850-1930)

1 May, 202324 March, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Emily Ward's entrepreneurial spirit changed the world of early years childcare.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Good Housekeeping, suffragist

Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935)

29 March, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Amy Dillwyn was a writer and social activist as well as a pioneering industralist.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged suffragist

Mary Field (1896-1968)

8 March, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Mary Field is one of the earliest and least-well known of Britain's women film-makers.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged film, soroptimist

Annette Ashberry (1894-1990)

26 January, 20235 June, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Atalanta was a pioneering engineering firm run and staffed by women and led by Annette Ashberry

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

Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975)

25 January, 202317 October, 2023 Lizzie B3 Comments

Yevonde's innovative colour work in the 1930s shook up the world of portrait photography.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged advertising, suffragette, Women's Provisional Club

Cleone Griff (1880-1963)

8 January, 202312 August, 2024 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Cleone Benest had multiple engineering interests as well as multiple names.

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

Hester Parnall (1868-1939)

22 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Hester Parnall brewed up business success in Cornwall.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in Business

Irene Barclay (1894-1989)

4 December, 202212 February, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Irene Barclay was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Bedford College, housing, soroptimist

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