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Irene Manby (1882-1963)

25 August, 202418 November, 2024 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Little trace now remains of Irene Manby's interwar accommodation business that housed thousands of women.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged housing, soroptimist, Women's Provisional Club

(Jessie) Marguerite Bowie (1893-1987)

12 September, 2023 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Marguerite Bowie criss-crossed commercial and public sectors during her long career.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged university, Women's Provisional Club

Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975)

25 January, 202317 October, 2023 Lizzie B3 Comments

Yevonde's innovative colour work in the 1930s shook up the world of portrait photography.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged advertising, suffragette, Women's Provisional Club

Degrees of Separation

27 December, 202210 February, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

What role does history play in the gender pay gap for graduates?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged advertising, education, Good Housekeeping, networks, Women's Provisional Club

Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989)

29 September, 20222 March, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Gertrude Leverkus was a pioneering architect who provided housing for other working women

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

Ethel M. Wood (1877-1970)

19 June, 20227 February, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Ethel Wood had an impact on a wide range of organisations between the wars but has been forgotten by all of them.

Posted in FT-She 100, Women in BusinessTagged advertising, WACL, Women's Provisional Club

Dorothy Cottington Taylor (1891-1944)

22 May, 202213 February, 2025 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

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