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Oscar Wilde’s bail

29 June, 2022 Lizzie B1 Comment

Beatrice Headlam is said to have played a small part in Oscar Wilde making bail. Who was she and whatever happened to her..?

Posted in Hidden stories, Women in SocietyTagged clubs, dnb ghost, F.D. Maurice, networks, Oscar Wilde, rational dress

Amy Bell (1859-1920)

1 May, 202129 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Women were only allowed onto the floor of the London Stock Exchange in 1973, nearly 90 years after Amy Bell started work as a stockbroker.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged F.D. Maurice, Margaret Bateson, stockbroking, suffragist

Emma Cons (1838-1912)

28 January, 202129 August, 2021 Lizzie B3 Comments

Emma Cons was the founder of Old Vic Theatre but this was only one of her many contributions to British society. How well do we really know her?

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged education, F.D. Maurice, horticulture, housing, suffragist, temperance, theatre

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