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Lena Ashwell (1869-1957)

25 May, 202126 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Lena Ashwell's belief in the power of theatre took her to the battlefields of France and the swimming pools of East London.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged First World War, married women, suffragist, theatre, Women's Tax Resistance League

Name games

6 May, 202126 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Did marriage always mean taking your husband's name? Not for some Victorian women..

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged married women

The Marriage Bar

27 December, 202011 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

A century ago, the start of married life meant the end of paid employment. Is Covid going to send women back to the 1920s?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged discrimination, legal rights, marriage bar, married women

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