Women Tagged 'Housekeeper'

Ethel Moorhead

Posted on May 28th, 2012 · Posted in Twenty-five Footsteps

Ethel has a double claim to fame – as the finest Dundee woman artist of her time and as, if not the leader, then certainly the ‘most turbulent’ of Dundee’s suffragettes! Younger sister of Alice [footstep six], they were daughters of… read more

Williamina Fleming

Posted on May 28th, 2012 · Posted in Twenty-five Footsteps

At 20, Williamina went to the USA with her new husband but they soon separated. Williamina, with her infant son Edward Pickering Fleming, got a job as housekeeper to Edward Pickering, Director of Harvard College Observatory. He saw her potential… read more