Women Who Meant Business
by Lizzie Broadbentin 💼 Business
Women Who Meant Business
About the Substack
Telling the stories of pioneering business women from the 1870s to the 1930s, their lives, networks, influence and relevance.
About Lizzie Broadbent
Researcher and writer focusing on the stories of pioneering business women. Lover of visual arts and journeys of discovery.
Women Who Meant Business's recommended Substacks
Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society
Reading 20th-century fiction and exploring women’s history through an intellectual dining club, 1890-1914
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Advocating for the Ignorant
My biography of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, Literature for the People, is out now. I mostly write about people, authors and history, late 19th and early 20th century. Now working on a particular group of 20th century women linked to the Labour Party
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Economical with Fiction
Exploring fiction of the 1920s and 30s, the crossover of economics and fiction, stories of the Great Depression, women writers from historical novelist E.J. Barnes, author of Mr Keynes' Revolution