Jo Stanley

Women who worked for Elders

Read more about women who worked for Elder Dempster Lines

Jo StanleyDr Jo Stanley (opens in a new tab) is a historian. Click on the documents below to read about women who worked for Elder Dempster Lines, as well as two detailed pieces about the lives of two of Elders' former female employees - May Quinn and Julia Andrews.

Women working for Elders (opens in a new tab)
 May Quinn (opens in a new tab)
Julia Andrews

  • May Quinn: stewardess on Apapa and the offcuts of dresses she used to make her family quilt

  • Julia Andrews: stewardess for Elder Dempster Lines from 1909 to 1935. Her ships included the Appam, Accra, Adda, Takoradi, Elmina and Ebo

  • May Quinn's Elder Dempster record

  1. Link to image of May Quinn's Elder Dempster record
  2. Link to image of May Quinn: stewardess on Apapa and the offcuts of dresses she used to make her family quilt
  3. Link to image of Julia Andrews: stewardess for Elder Dempster Lines from 1909 to 1935. Her ships included the Appam, Accra, Adda, Takoradi, Elmina and Ebo