Superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50).
Businesswoman, inventor, and philanthropist who was one of the first African American women to become a millionaire.
New Zealand baker and businesswoman
Māori Te Āti Awa leader, trader, innkeeper
Described as ‘one of the best known, most public-spirited, and most useful women in Canterbury’.
1600s Irish printer and bookseller
New Zealand teacher, prohibitionist, landowner, businesswoman
Irish publisher
Aggie Grey left an indelible mark as a prominent hotelier and businesswoman in Samoa.
Adelaide Conroy was a notable photographer based in Malta from 1871 to 1879.