First British woman racing driver and a women’s world land speed record holder. In 1905 she also established the record for the longest drive by a lady driver when she drove a De Dion-Bouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days.
Ducking stool
Seesaw-like device for the punishment of disorderly women, scolds and dishonest tradesmen.
Early Closing Association
19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
Eastbourne manslaughter
1860 legal case concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley.
Eccles cake
Named after the town in Lancashire where it was first made, the Eccles cake is a confection made of flaky pastry filled with currants.
Education Act 1496
Act of the Scottish Parliament to make education mandatory for the eldest sons of barons and freeholders.
Edward Akroyd
Industrialist, politician and philanthropist.
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Physics researcher, activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research.
Eleanor Stewart
Scottish trade unionist and political activist (born 1889).
Eleanor Thornton
Inspiration for the Rolls-Royce flying lady mascot.