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This site brings together all of Eastside Community Heritage's projects on Women's History
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Exhibition
Introduction
Phyllis Pearson A-Z
Mary Quant: The Mini Skirt
Agnes Marshall: Queen of Ices
Joan Ball: Computer Dating
Looking to the Future
Our A-Z of East London's Women Inventors explores the contributions of four women inventors: Phyllis Pearson, who invented the A-Z; Mary Quant, who invented the mini skirt; Agnes Marshall, who popularised the ice-cream cone and the use of liquid nitrogren for freezing; and Joan Ball, who invented 'computer dating'.
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