Maritime Archives - Infinite Women

Dorothy C Stratton

Dorothy Stratton was the Director of the SPARS, the women’s reserve branch of the US Coast Guard during World War II.

Whenever you hear of cities flooding or read about the potential for climate change and sealevel rise to flood our major cities, you can thank Mary Kendrick for her life’s work on the Thames and Mersey river systems.

Henrietta Vansittart

Henrietta Lowe Vansittart is often considered to be the first British woman to work as a ‘proper’ engineer or naval architect.

Hilda M Lyon

In 1922 she became an associate fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and in 1925 joined the Royal Airship Works in Cardington.

Eleanor Annie Lamson

The U.S. Naval Observatory hired Isabel M. Lewis and Eleanor A. Lamson long before women were even allowed to enroll at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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.

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.

Annie Frasier Norton

Annie Frasier Norton (1893-1918), from East Boston, joined the Navy in WWI, serving at Portsmouth Naval Yard.