Jean Boyle obituary
Jean Boyle and her husband Terry at Blackpool Ballroom, 1955 Jean Boyle and her husband Terry at Blackpool Ballroom, 1955 AlisonBoyle Wed 10 Feb 2021 07.03 EST Last modified on Fri 5 Mar 2021 14.02 EST My mother, Jean Boyle, who has died aged 89 after contracting Covid-19, was an analytical chemist and teacher, and quietly resisted being defined by external forces. In 1947, at the age of 16, Jean exchanged the nuns’ Lark Hill House school imperative to wear white gloves in summer for the opportunity to don a white lab coat and forge a path in British textile manufacturing. Her talent for ma...
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