Business Archives - Page 20 of 26

Jane Heap

American editor, publisher, art gallery owner, and teacher

Years before the establishment of major hand-loom weaving guilds in New Zealand, two sisters, Sybil Mary and Josephine Mulvany, were operating a successful weaving business in Auckland. They helped revitalise the craft of fine fabric weaving in New Zealand.

Sybil Mary Mulvany

Years before the establishment of major hand-loom weaving guilds in New Zealand, two sisters, Sybil Mary and Josephine Mulvany, were operating a successful weaving business in Auckland. They helped revitalise the craft of fine fabric weaving in New Zealand.

Margaret Gaj

Irish restaurateur, radical, and political activist

Conxita Mora Jordana

Conxita Mora Jordana was an Andorran politician of the Coalition for Progress party. She served as the first female Mayor of Andorra la Vella from 1999 to 2003. She later served as the director of the Andorran Business Confederation (CEA).

Fanny Davenport

American stage actress and manager

Mary Jane Innes

Mary Jane Innes took over the management of the Te Awamutu Brewery, brewing ale and producing aerated waters. Showing considerable business acumen, in November 1889 she announced that she had taken over the management of the Waikato Brewery as well.