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Mary Field (1896-1968)

8 March, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Mary Field is one of the earliest and least-well known of Britain's women film-makers.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged film, soroptimist

Irene Barclay (1894-1989)

4 December, 20224 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Irene Barclay was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Bedford College, housing, soroptimist

Maud Carpenter (1892-1967)

18 August, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Maud Carpenter ran the Liverpool Playhouse for nearly forty years and became a local legend.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged soroptimist, theatre

Mary Harris Smith (1844-1934)

7 October, 20219 June, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Twenty five years after she started her fight, Mary Harris Smith finally received the professional accreditation she deserved.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged first, soroptimist

Laura Annie Willson (1877-1942)

25 March, 202126 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment
Laura Annie Willson (1877-1942)

Laura Annie Willson: suffragette, house builder, engineer and the original northern powerhouse.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged construction, Holloway, munitions, soroptimist, suffragette, Wembley, Women's Engineering Society

Beatrice Gordon Holmes (1884-1951)

24 February, 202126 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Beatrice Gordon Holmes was a self-made millionaire and quite a girl.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged clubs, financial services, networks, soroptimist, suffragette, WACL

Elspeth Phelps (1876-1968)

21 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Elspeth Phelps may be largely forgotten now but she had a knack for making news

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged court, dressmaking, fashion, retail, soroptimist, suffragette, theatre

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