f.d. maurice – Women Who Meant Business

Amy Bell (1859-1920)

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.

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

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?