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Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935)

29 March, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Amy Dillwyn was a writer and social activist as well as a pioneering industralist.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged suffragist

Women against the vote

23 November, 202227 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

The pro-suffrage movement gets plenty of coverage but a surprising. number of women were anti-suffrage: what is their story?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged suffragette, suffragist

Margaret Bateson (1860-1938)

24 September, 202225 September, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Margaret Bateson was a journalist who gave voice to the work of women

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged cambridge, suffragist

Lucy Wertheim (1883-1971)

17 July, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Lucy Wertheim used her position to further the careers of women in the art world

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged suffragist

Edith Beesley (1879-1960)

23 November, 202126 February, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Between the wars, Edith Beesley carved out a career as the Queen of Insurance.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged insurance, networks, suffragist

Christina Broom (1862-1939)

21 November, 20219 June, 2022 Lizzie B1 Comment

Christina Broom took to the streets with her camera and created a vital record of Edwardian London.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged photography, suffragette, suffragist

Shelley Gulick (1876-1927)

21 October, 202118 November, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Shelley Gulick may be forgotten now but during her life she was seen as a pioneer in the world of insurance.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged insurance, suffragist

Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1854-1914)

20 August, 202129 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Isabel Cooper-Oakley's business activities have been overshadowed by her involvement in Theosophism.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged Girton, restaurants, retail, suffragist, university

Agnes Garrett (1845-1935)

4 July, 202127 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Together with her cousin, Rhoda, Agnes Garrett helped opened up interior design as a career for women.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged clubs, interior decoration, suffragist

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

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