advertising – Women Who Meant Business

Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975)

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

What role does history play in the gender pay gap for graduates?

Ethel Wood had an impact on a wide range of organisations between the wars but has been forgotten by all of them.

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 Wilson was a pioneer in the world of advertising but it is her fund-raising efforts that are still benefiting people today.

The queen of cut-outs, Lotte Reiniger's influence on film-making can still be felt today