Between the wars, Edith Beesley carved out a career as the Queen of Insurance.
Edith Beesley (1879-1960)
Tag: suffragist
Christina Broom (1862-1939)
Christina Broom took to the streets with her camera and created a vital record of Edwardian London.
Shelley Gulick (1876-1927)
Shelley Gulick may be forgotten now but during her life she was seen as a pioneer in the world of insurance.
Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1854-1914)
Isabel Cooper-Oakley's business activities have been overshadowed by her involvement in Theosophism.
Agnes Garrett (1845-1935)
Together with her cousin, Rhoda, Agnes Garrett helped opened up interior design as a career for women.
Lena Ashwell (1869-1957)
Lena Ashwell's belief in the power of theatre took her to the battlefields of France and the swimming pools of East London.
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.
Emma Paterson (1848-1886)
Emma Paterson had a short life but the organisations she started had long ones.
Emma Cons (1838-1912)
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?
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932)
There is much more to Gertrude Jekyll than muddy boots and beautiful borders
Women Who Meant Business 