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We need your nominations to help us celebrate remarkable and inspiring women connected to the Square Mile. This is an opportunity for you to play your part in sharing extraordinary stories that have shaped our local and national history. Nominate someone today.
Ann Fanswhaw
English cookery author
Connection to the City: Born in St Olave, near Billingsgate
Ann Fanswhaw Fashion/Tailoring Trade/Commerce
Alice Claver
Alice Claver was one of the most successful London silkwomen
Connection to the City: Silkwoman
Alice Claver MARY COOPER
TOOK OVER HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS ON HIS DEATH
Connection to the City: BOOKSELLER AND TRADE PUBLISHER OF PATERNOSTER ROW 1743 -1761
MARY COOPER Fashion/Tailoring Public Service Trade/Commerce
Ellen Langwith
She supplied the banner and saddle decorations for a coronation
Connection to the City: Merchant. Buried in St Mary Abchurch
Ellen Langwith Agnes Ramsay
Mason and Architect
Connection to the City: Built tomb of Queen Isabella in Greyfriars
Agnes Ramsay Mary Fillis
Connection to the City: Lived and worked in the City
Seamstress and dress maker.
Originally from Morocco, Mary Fillis was a Muslim woman who moved to England when she was just six years old.
She started off as a servant but because she was so skilled in making things, she became a respected dressmaker.
She was later baptised at St Botolph's Church.
Read more here: https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/mary-fillis-baptised-at-st-botolphs-aldgatein-1597
Mary Fillis Billingsgate Fish Wives
Supported the fish trading industry in the Square Mile
Connection to the City: Billingsgate Fish Market
Billingsgate Fish Wives Mary Frith
Notorious character. Theatre performer. Women's rights activist.
Connection to the City: Born near the Barbican. Lived and performed theatre in the City of London.
Mary Frith