Lucy Thomas
Lucy Thomas (née Williams, baptised 11 March 1781 – 27 September 1847) was a Welsh businesswoman and colliery owner known as the "mother of the Welsh steam coal trade". Thomas took over the running of her husband Robert's coal mine after his death in 1833. Unusual as it was at the time that a woman ran the business, more unusually she was also illiterate. Business documents held in the Glamorgan Archives show she signed only with an ''X''. Much of Thomas' subsequent success as a businesswoman was embellished by Merthyr historian Charles Wilkins, who wrote one of the few articles on her life. It is now believed that George Insole, a Cardiff agent, was one of the chief architects of her success, though this does not diminish Thomas's position as one of the few women coal owners in industrial Britain. It is recorded that Lucy once attended the Coal Exchange in Cardiff only to be told she could not enter. She sent a male clerk in her employ into the Coal Exchange with a letter informing the establishment that "My coal is equal to any mans, failure to grant entry will lead to my business lining another's pockets." Provided by Wikipedia
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Cervical musculoskeletal impairments in migraine by Zhiqi Liang, Lucy Thomas, Gwendolen Jull, Julia Treleaven
Published 2021-12-01
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Reducing risks for infant mortality in the Midlands, UK: a qualitative study identifying areas for improvement in the delivery of key public health messages in the perinatal period by Thillagavathie Pillay, Jane Feeney, Claire Walters, Hollie Nelson, Lucy Thomas, Dawn Lewis, Karen Anderson, Anjali Petkar
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Accuracy of an artificial intelligence as a medical device as part of a UK-based skin cancer teledermatology service by Helen Marsden, Polychronis Kemos, Marcello Venzi, Mariana Noy, Shameera Maheswaran, Nicholas Francis, Christopher Hyde, Daniel Mullarkey, Dilraj Kalsi, Lucy Thomas
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Presentation and physical therapy management of upper cervical instability in patients with symptomatic generalized joint hypermobility: International expert consensus recommendati... by Leslie N. Russek, Leslie N. Russek, Nancy P. Block, Elaine Byrne, Susan Chalela, Cliffton Chan, Mark Comerford, Mark Comerford, Nicole Frost, Sharon Hennessey, Ann McCarthy, Leslie L. Nicholson, Jason Parry, Jason Parry, Jane Simmonds, Jane Simmonds, Patricia J. Stott, Lucy Thomas, Julia Treleaven, Julia Treleaven, Wendy Wagner, Alan Hakim, Alan Hakim
Published 2023-01-01
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