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.
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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.
Dorothy Spicer
British aviator and aeronautical engineer.
Christiana Rose
Ran her family business in ship chandlery and brass founding
Cleone de Hevengham Benest
British motorist, engineer and metallurgist
Constance Fligg Elam Tipper
Eminent metallurgist and a very rare example of an industry-standard test named after a woman.
Anne Burns
Burns was an aeronautical engineer and glider pilot, who became the world expert in ‘Clear Air Turbulence’ and its effects on aircraft safety.
Blanche Thornycroft
Blanche Thornycroft was one of the earliest women to have a significant role in engineering in Britain, and the first woman to be elected to an Associate Membership of the Institution of Naval Architects.