Showing posts with label Movers & shakers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movers & shakers. Show all posts

Monday, 17 March 2014

Amelia Earhart




Amelia Earhart in 1930, by which time she was heavily involved with promoting aviation, especially for women.


Original B&W photo.

Monday, 10 March 2014

Muriel Matters




Muriel Lilah Matters, an Australian born suffragist, lecturer, journalist, educator, actress and elocutionist, based in Britain from 1905 till her death, here shown on a postcard sent in 1909.
She and a colleague,  Helen Fox,  famously chained themselves to an iron grille in the House of Commons as a part of the campaign for women’s suffrage.


Original postcard.