Engineering Archives - Page 9 of 15

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 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.

Carlotta Bollée

After her automobile designer died in 1913, she took over the family business

Caroline Maude Davis

Caroline Maude Davis worked in her father’s Sussex foundry in the early 20th century

Annabel Dott

Annabel Dott was a self-taught builder-developer, and an excellent self publicist as well as an Anglican vicar’s wife.

Winnie Drinkwater

Scotswoman Winnie Drinkwater was a very well-known pilot and engineer in the 1930s.

Vera Huckel

Vera Huckel started work at the NACA in 1939.At the time, very few women worked as computers. By 1945 she was a section head in charge of up to 17 women, having worked as mathematician, aerospace engineer, and supervisory mathematician.

Ann Weinling

Ann, Matilda, Elizabeth and Eugenie Weinling were the first women at the Royal Balloon Factory.

Elizabeth Weinling

Ann, Matilda, Elizabeth and Eugenie Weinling were the first women at the Royal Balloon Factory.

Eugenie Weinling

Ann, Matilda, Elizabeth and Eugenie Weinling were the first women at the Royal Balloon Factory.