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Dorothy Cottington Taylor (1891-1944)

22 May, 202219 June, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Through her leadership of the Good Housekeeping Institute, Dorothy Cottington-Taylor equipped women to make light work of housework.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Good Housekeeping, networks, Women's Provisional Club

Ethel Watts (1895-1963)

31 March, 202231 March, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Ethel Watts was an accountant who knew that numbers mattered, particularly when it came to women's pay.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Good Housekeeping, junior council, networks

Margaret Partridge (1891-1967)

28 February, 20226 March, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Sparky Margaret Partridge built a business lighting up villages in the 1920s

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

Evelyn Barlow (1880-1962)

17 December, 20206 March, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Going, going, gone: Evelyn Barlow made her mark in the sale room but was soon forgotten

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged auctioneer, dnb ghost, Good Housekeeping, sothebys

Nancy Pearn (1892-1950)

15 December, 202012 December, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Nancy Pearn is not a name we recognise now but a cast of 20th century authors would have had her on speed dial.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Good Housekeeping, literary agent

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