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writer and social theorist
In her obituary
When the double helix structure of DNA was discovered
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breaking the glass ceiling for female educators by becoming the first woman to lead a major urban district
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1814–1906 writer and social theoristThe first woman to have been made a peer, Burdett Coutts was made a baroness by Queen Victoria for her work on behalf of the poor. Prevented from working at Coutts Bank despite inheriting her grandfather Thomas Coutts shares and fortune, Burdett Coutts instead devoted her time working with a Coutts client Charles Dickens to philanthropy. She was a pioneer in social housing, building homes for the poor, and financed numerous projects, including the
