Anderson, Madge Easton (1896–1982), lawyer, was born at 75 Kent Road, Glasgow, on 24 April 1896, the youngest of three daughters born to Robert Easton Anderson (1865–1932), a cutlery salesman, and his wife, Anne Catherine Chisholm (1864–1947), daughter of an ...
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Anderson, Madge Easton (1896–1982), lawyer
Alison Lindsay
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Ashford, Ethel Bright (1883–1980)
Maker: Hanslip Fletcher
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Ethel Bright Ashford (1883–1980), by Hanslip Fletcher, 1942
City of Westminster Archives Centre
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Ashford, Ethel Bright (1883–1980), barrister
Caroline Derry
Ashford, Ethel Bright (1883–1980), barrister, was born at 20 Marlow Road, Beckenham, Kent, on 18 March 1883, the third daughter and fourth of five children of Henry Bright Ashford (1851–1926), a commercial traveller and later a hosiery manufacturer and warehouseman, and his wife, ...
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Berthen, Edith Annie Jones (1877–1951), solicitor
Elizabeth B. Cruickshank
Berthen, Edith Annie Jones (1877–1951), solicitor, was born Edith Annie Jones at 109 High Park Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, on 29 April 1877, the second child and elder daughter of Thomas Jones (1849–1927), corn salesman, and his wife, Lucy Ann (or ...
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Blackie, Margery Grace (1898–1981), homoeopathic physician
Bernard Leary
Blackie, Margery Grace (1898–1981), homoeopathic physician, was born on 4 February 1898 at Redbourn, Hertfordshire. She was the youngest of ten children of Robert Blackie (c.1852–1936), a man of independent means, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1941), daughter of Rowland Rees...
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Blackie, Margery Grace (1898–1981)
Maker: Mayotte Magnus
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Margery Grace Blackie (1898–1981) by Mayotte Magnus, 1977 © Mayotte Magnus; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bostock, Bridget [called the Cheshire Doctoress] (b. c. 1678, d. after 1749), faith healer
Jane Shaw
Bostock, Bridget [called the Cheshire Doctoress] (b. c. 1678, d. after 1749), faith healer, details of whose parentage are unknown, lived in Coppenhall, Cheshire, throughout her life and was uneducated. 'Aged about 70 years' (GM, 18.414), Bostock came to national attention in August 1748 as the result of a report about her in a local newspaper. She had been healing locally for many years with the use of fasting spittle, a little liquor of '...
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Chatterjee (née Broughton), Gladys Mary, Lady Chatterjee (1883–1969)
Maker: Bassano Ltd
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Gladys Chatterjee (1883–1969), by Bassano Ltd, 1925
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Chatterjee [née Broughton], Gladys Mary, Lady Chatterjee (1883–1969), industrial welfare promoter and barrister
Judith Bourne
Chatterjee [née Broughton], Gladys Mary, Lady Chatterjee (1883–1969), industrial welfare promoter and barrister, was born in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, on 30 October 1883, the second daughter in the family of two daughters and one son of William Barnard Broughton (...
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Clapham, Olive Catherine [married name Miles] (1898–1973), barrister
Caroline Derry
Clapham, Olive Catherine [married name Miles] (1898–1973), barrister, was born at Green Mount Villas, Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 21 January 1898, the third child and only daughter of Walter Clapham (1858–1902), printer, part proprietor of the Wakefield Free Press, and a Liberal councillor in ...
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Cobb, Monica Mary Geikie (1891–1946)
Maker: Lafayette
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Monica Cobb (1891–1946), Lafayette, 1926
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cobb, Monica Mary Geikie (1891–1946), barrister
Caroline Derry
Cobb, Monica Mary Geikie (1891–1946), barrister, was born at 12 St Swithin Street, Winchester, on 8 March 1891, the third child and only daughter of the Revd William Frederick Cobb (later Geikie Cobb; 1857–1941), assistant curate of Holy Trinity, Winchester, and assistant secretary of the ...
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Davies [married name Calvert], Theodora Llewelyn (1898–1988), barrister and penal reform campaigner
Anne Logan
Davies [married name Calvert], Theodora Llewelyn (1898–1988), barrister and penal reform campaigner, was born at 12 Village Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, on 18 April 1898, the second daughter and youngest of three children of Maurice Llewelyn Davies (1864–1939), manager for the ...
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Davy, Beatrice Honour (1885–1966), barrister and later solicitor
Judith Bourne
Davy, Beatrice Honour (1885–1966), barrister and later solicitor, was born at 29 Southernhay, Exeter, Devon, on 13 December 1885, the daughter of Henry Davy FRCP (1855–1922), consulting physician at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and his first wife, Beatrice Mary, ...
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Deverell, Averil Katherine Statter (1893–1979), barrister
Liz Goldthorpe
Deverell, Averil Katherine Statter (1893–1979), barrister, was born at 26 Leeson Park, Dublin, on 2 January 1893, the only daughter of Ada Kate Statter Carr (1864–1952), and her husband, William Deverell (1862–1934). She had a twin brother, William Berenger Statter Deverell...
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Gore, Margaret Wyndham (1913–1993), airwoman and osteopath
Enid deBois
Gore, Margaret Wyndham (1913–1993), airwoman and osteopath, was born on 24 January 1913 at Carclew, Brighton Road, Worthing, the daughter of William Wyndham Gore, a mining engineer, and his wife, Martha Lord. Known as Margot, she had one brother, her twin. The family moved to ...
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Griffith, Anne (1734–1821), practitioner of folk medicine
D. Ben Rees
Griffith, Anne (1734–1821), practitioner of folk medicine, was born at Aberdaron, 14 miles south west of Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. Nothing is known of her parents or her childhood and it is most probable that she never had any formal education. But her work as a herbalist has been kept for posterity through the efforts of a local historian, ...
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Jeffries [married name Warden], Ann (1626–1698?), prophetess and folk-healer
Peter Marshall
Jeffries [married name Warden], Ann (1626–1698?), prophetess and folk-healer, was born at St Teath, Cornwall, in December 1626, to impoverished parents, Philip Jeffries (or Jeffrey) and Jane, née Hick. At a young age she was apprenticed as a domestic servant in the household of ...
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Kyle, Frances Christian [Fay] (1894–1958), barrister
Liz Goldthorpe
Kyle, Frances Christian [Fay] (1894–1958), barrister, was born in Belfast on 30 October 1894, the youngest of two children of Robert Alexander Kyle (1851–1931) the owner of a high-class outfitter/drapers, and his wife Kathleen Frances, née Bates (c....
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Leyel [née Wauton], Hilda Winifred Ivy [known as Mrs C. F. Leyel] (1880–1957), herbalist
Christmas Humphreys
revised by Michael Bevan
Leyel [née Wauton], Hilda Winifred Ivy [known as Mrs C. F. Leyel] (1880–1957), herbalist, was born in London on 6 December 1880, the daughter of Edward Brenton Wauton, from 1881 an assistant master at Uppingham School, and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Drewitt...
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