Emily Dunn
Emily Dunn is one of two Yorkshirewomen running their own quarries in the first half of the 20th century, the other being Anne Greaves.
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Dorothy Rowntree
Britain’s first female Naval Architecture graduate
Edith Mary Douglas
The first woman to fly in experimental bomber aircraft in the UK
Eily Keary
Eily Keary, Naval Architect, was the first woman to have her paper read to the Institution of Naval Architects.
Dorothy Cridland
In 1951 she was one of the earliest women to be elected as an Associate of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and went to work for them from 1955-63 as a technical editor, despite her lack of formal technical qualifications.
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming
The first woman in Britain to gain qualification as a civil engineer
Anne Gillespie Shaw
In 1930 Shaw became a personnel officer for Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company in Manchester, and was later (1933) chief supervisor of women workers.
Anne Greaves
Yorkshirewoman who ran her own quarry and invented an artificial stone.
Dorothy Pile
English metallurgist
Dr Barbara Ethel Sabey
Barbara Sabey was probably the most significant contributor to road safety that you have never heard of.