In 1915 she joined Walter Rosenhain’s scientific staff in the Metallurgy Department of the National Physical Laboratory, where she would remain for the rest of her career. She and a physical chemist, Miss I. H. Hadfield, were the first women to be appointed to the scientific staff of the Department.
Practical mechanical engineer, patent holder and entrepreneur.
Metallurgist who specialised in the engineering uses for titanium and its alloys.
1959 she gained her chartered engineer status with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET), and moved to planning electrification schemes. In 1961 she and her husband set up their own consultancy, CivLec Industrial Advisory Services.
British aeronautical researcher.
Militant feminist and founder of the Women’s Engineering Society.
Trades union activist, engineer and housebuilder, and a co-founder of the Women’s Engineering Society.
British mathematician and aerodynamicist
Having been involved with the Women’s Engineering Society since 1929, in 1946 she became President.
Mechanical engineer, entrepreneur and Women’s Engineering Society President.