Miriam Margarey Homersham (1892 – 1936) an English accountant who was a co-founder of Women's Pioneer Housing and one of the first English women to start an accountancy practice.
Educated at Sutton High School,[1] she studied at St Hugh’s College, Oxford from 1909 – 1912, taking First Class honours in English with a specialism in Old Norse.
[3] After working as a teacher in England and America, Homersham was prompted to train as an accountant by the new opportunities for women after World War I.
She earned a gold medal as a member of the Central Association of Accountants, and then joined the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors in 1922, being elected a Fellow in 1925.
[7][8][9] She often supported social causes such as clubs for working women by offering her accountancy services for a token fee or at no cost; and she supported other women getting into accountancy.