Janet Gulland UK aeronautical engineer. Fulbright Scholarship @ Brown University 1956, 1st woman graduate apprentice at VickersArmstrongs (Aircraft) 1958 @ Brooklands. Fellow of Aero Society. Director of Market Research @ BAe Weybridge d. #OTD 23 Sept 2017 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_G...

Maxine "Blossom" Miles #aviator #engineer #socialite & #businesswoman. From family of #actors 1920s got into #aviation married her flight instructor FG Miles & founded Miles Aircraft Ltd. Worked as company draughtswoman @wes1919.bsky.social member b #OTD 22 Sep 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_...

Kathleen Booth #ComputerScientist #mathematician #engineer. Credited with writing 1st assembly language & design of assembler & autocode (ARC & APE(X)C) for Birkbeck College #computers. Part of design team for 3 different machines @ Birkbeck Uni. d. #OTD 29 Sep 2022 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

Ebba Lund chemical engineer, microbiologist & Danish Resistance fighter in #WWII. Postwar studied chemical engineering & immunology, 1969 1st woman professor @ Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University #Copenhagen Eminent virologist. b. #OTD 22 Sep 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebba_Lund

Elizabeth M Kennedy businesswoman @ JB Stone & Co engineering in 1920s believed men's work & women's work couldn't be distinctive "if a girl has flair for engineering, let her go in for that work, just as a man with a flair 4 clothes will go in for dress-designing". d #OTD 18 Aug 1957 bit.ly/2L8ouDE

Georgia Louise Harris Brown 2nd African American woman to become licensed architect in US. 1st Black woman to earn degree in architecture @ University of Kansas. Later worked on large projects in #Brazil incl designing an airport, factories & homes b #OTD 21 Sep 1918 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia...

Muriel Hind (1882-1956) 1st woman motorcyclist in UK, motor journalist. Competed in trials in vehicles with 2, 3 & 4 wheels. Once took aircraft pioneer Hilda Hewlett on rally as her mechanic. Test rider for Rex motorbikes, who created Blue Devil bike 🏍️ for her en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_...

Alda Wilson #architect #civilengineer. W' sister Elmina 1st US women to earn civil engineering 4 yr degree. #Architect in Illinois, Iowa & Missouri then #NewYork. 1st woman supervisor of women's drafting dept of #Iowa Highway Commission. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1873 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alda_He...

Dina St Johnston founder of Vaughan, UK’s 1st independent software house. She wrote programmes for some of UK’s earliest computers, incl software for British Rail & “left a lasting contribution to both the art & science of programming” b #OTD 20 Sep 1930 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_St...

Dorothy Vaughan US mathematician & human computer worked for NACA & NASA @ Langley Research Center. 1949 acting supervisor of West Area Computers, 1st African-American woman to be promoted & supervise staff there. Taught self & staff Fortran. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1910 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Prof Val Curtis engineer epidemiologist anthropologist. Applied evolutionary theory of concept of disgust to improve domestic hygiene & sanitation across 🌍 Director of Environmental Health Group @lshtm.bsky.social Described self as 'disgustologist' b #OTD 20 Sep 1958 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Cur...

Her factory is still there and still operating. If you are in Sheffield go and take a look, knock on the door and ask to see their museum and ask to buy one of their books. Wolf Safety Lamp Co. Saxon Road Works, Heeley, Sheffield

Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe #French Jewish philanthropist, car & air racer. Restored village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne devastated in #WWI. Launched version of Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race, sparked development of civil aviation in 1930s France. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1892 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne...

Monica, Miss Maurice @ Wolfsafety Lady of the Lamp, 1st & for 40 yrs only woman member of Association of Mining Electrical Engineers. Held rank of lieutenant-colonel on post #WWII survey mission to Germany. V&A ‏hold 50 items of her stylish clothes d #OTD 20 Sep 1995 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_...

Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...

On rainy day in #Vienna Slawa Dulig complained "Can't they invent a small folding umbrella which could be easily carried in a bag?" then invented it herself. Patent issued #OTD 19 Sep 1929️ had telescopic handle & folding metal ribs, called ‘Flirt’ 10k sold in 1st yr en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawa_D...

Ruth Gordon Schnapp was born 99 years ago today - she was California's first licensed woman structural engineer, and a specialist in the field of earthquake-proofing structures, working particularly on increasing the safety of schools and hospitals. tinyurl.com/39fz8jnn #WomenInSTEM #Engineering

Beverley Bolin 1st woman registered #architect in South #Australia in 1949. @wes1919.bsky.social journal reported 1948 arrival in #London where she continued to practice #architecture. 1988 President of Women’s Architectural League in LA d. #OTD 19 Sep 2014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverle...

Isabel Hardwich #ElectricalEngineer & #Photometry expert at Metropolitan Vickers. Specialised in #physics @newnhamcollege.bsky.social & campaigned to educate, recruit & support young women into #engineering President @wes1919.bsky.social 1961/2. b. #OTD Sept 19 1919 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_...

Dorothy Martin Simon, US physical chemist in aerospace combustion & development of polymers. Worked on heat shield construction& improvement of rocket engine designs @ NACA. Work @ DuPont led to invention of polymers Dacron & Orlon. b. #OTD 18 Sep 1919 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Dr Frances Heywood #metallurgist Proudly part of history of women in metal trades in 1947 rebuffed query about #engineering being new for women by quoting 469 female blacksmiths & 322 smelters in 1840 census. @wes1919.bsky.social president 1948 d. #OTD 18 Sep 1994 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...

Dr Lucy Oldfield, chemist & #glass technologist, awarded a Glass Slipper 👠 for her work by Society of Glass Technology. Sat on BSI Committees on street lanterns & electric lamps. Work on borosilicate glass brought international recognition. b #OTD18 Sep 1925 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Ol...

Michiyo Tsujimura #Japanese agricultural scientist #biochemist. Researched green tea. 1924 found Vitamin C, 1929 isolated flavonoid catechin, 1930 extracted tannin in crystal form, 1934 isolated gallocatechin. 1st woman in Japan w agriculture PhD b. #OTD 17 Sep 1888 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiyo...

Alice Elizabeth Anderson #Australian businesswoman, garage proprietor designer & mechanic. Set up 1st all-women garage workshop in Australia in 1919, mothers from across country would send their daughters to garage to learn how to drive. d. #OTD 17 Sep 1926 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_E...

Marie-Louise Compernolle 1st #Flemish woman chemical engineer in #Belgium 1932 grad Uni of Ghent. Succeeded in getting assistant jobs, subjected to sexism from colleagues who didn't approve of women in workplace. 4 daughters all had STEM careers. b. #OTD 17 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...

Hilda Counts US electrical engineer co-founder of American Society of Women Engineers & Architects. 1st woman to earn Electrical Engineering degree @ Uni of #Colorado. Worked @ Westinghouse Electric Corp & Rural Electrification Administration in Washington DC. b. 16 Sep 1893 bit.ly/3FEtVqZ

Stephanie "Steve" Shirley German-born UK info tech pioneer. 1939 Kindertransport refugee. 1950s built/coded computers@ Dollis Hill Research Sta'n. 1959 founded software co Freelance Programmers reaction against workplace sexism. Empl'd mostly women b #OTD 16 Sep 1933 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_S...

Ursula Franklin German-Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, taught @ Uni of Toronto >40 yrs. Quaker, pacifist, feminist. Science "severely impoverished because women are discouraged from taking part in the exploration of knowledge". b. #OTD 16 Sep 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_...

Jean Batten New Zealand #pilot. Made record-breaking solo flights across world 🌍 incl 1st-ever solo flight UK to #NewZealand in 1936. Took white silk dress on record-breaking flights, repairing lipstick💄 before exiting plane 🛩 "Garbo of the skies” b. #OTD 15 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ba...

Eleanor (Nellie) Shelley-Rolls signed @wes1919.bsky.social's founding document & was a shareholder in Atlanta Co. Ltd, a women owned & operated #engineering firm set up in 1920s. A keen #balloonist & sister of Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame. d. #OTD 15 Sep 1961 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...

Veronica Innes #pilot 1939 learnt to fly w' Civil Air Guard. #WWII flew 4 Air Transport Auxiliary #ATA. 1st woman to fly operational jet fighter when ferried Meteor to RAF Moreton Valence #OTD 15 Sep 1945. Later delivered Tempest fighters 2 Pakistan 5000 miles flight en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronic...

Erna Hamburger #Swiss electrical #engineer working in radio-wave research. 1957 became professor of #electrometry at University of #Lausanne @unil.bsky.social 1st female #STEM professor in #Switzerland. Annual Prize is awarded in her name. b. #OTD 14 Sep 1911 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Ha...

Mildred Hemmons Carter 1 of 1st women to earn pilot's license via US Civilian Pilot Training Program. 1st Black woman pilot in #Alabama Denied admission to Tuskegee Airmen as female, & to #WASPs due to race, later declared official member of both. b. #OTD 14 Sep 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred...

Virginia Sink, US chemical engineer & 1st woman automotive engineer @ Chrysler. #WWII Supervisor of Lab Personnel, hired 500 women. 1950 Group Leader in Chemical Research Dept. 1957-62 worked on LA smog project developing Cleaner Air Package. b. #OTD 14 Sep 1913 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...

Melli Beese #aviator read maths, shipbuilding & aero engineering @ Dresden Politech. 1st woman w' German pilot license 1911. Won air competitions, ran flying school. Designed Melli BeeseTaube monoplane & sea plane w French husband, interned #WWI by Germany as enemy alien b 13 Sep 1886 bit.ly/3BZe7vQ

Matilde Moisant pioneer aviator 1911 2nd woman in US to earn pilot's license. Short barn storming (exhibition flying) career. Broke women's altitude world record Stopped flying 1912 when plane crashed. #WWI volunteered at front in France d #OTD 13 Sep 1878 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde...

Dorothy Hoffman, BS in Chemical Engineering @ Rensselaer Polytec Inst 1947, MS in chem eng @ Bucknell Uni 1948. 1961 1st woman to join Engineers Club of #Philadelphia, 1974 1st woman elected President (American Vacuum Soc) of any US scientific society. b. #OTD 12 Sep 1915 #WomenInSTEM bit.ly/35uPBnW

Grace Drummond-Hay UK journalist, 1st woman to travel around world by air in zeppelin. 1920/30s wrote on aerial adventures for US papers. Pilot licence 1930, flew herself, dictating to secretary from controls of plane w' Egyptian scarabs on wings. b. #OTD 12 Sep 1895 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_M...

Antonina Pirozhkova #Soviet civil engineer & writer. @ Kuznetskstroi, skills so valued that stationmaster banned from selling her train ticket home. 1934 to Moscow where rose to chief engineer on Metro. #WWII engineered railway tunnels in Caucasus d. #OTD 12 Sep 2010 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin...

Jeanne Scelles-Millie 1924 1st woman to earn diploma @ École Spéciale des Travaux Publics #Paris 1st woman #architectural #engineer in #France 1st woman to direct construction sites in #Algeria b. #OTD 12 Sep 1900 to French family in #Algiers "woman from both shores" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_...

Winifred Spooner won 1929 Harmon Cup 🏆 as world's outstanding female #aviator. 1st British woman to earn living as personal #pilot, flying air racer MP William Lindsay Everard all over world. Series of crashes led to nickname 'bad luck Wimpey'. b. #OTD 11 Sep 1900 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...

Cicely Ethel Wilkinson UK pioneer pilot. #OTD 11 Sep 1916 became possibly only woman to qualify as pilot in UK in #WWI in Caudron biplane at Hendon Aerodrome license no: 3522. Chauffeur for French Red Cross, may have been ambulance driver on Western Front en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...

Beatriz Ghirelli #Argentinian engineer. 1938 1st woman mechanical & electrical engineering graduate from National University of La Plata, 2nd woman in Argentina to earn qualification. Spearheaded C20th Pan American standardisation. d. #OTD 11 Sep 1992 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatriz...

Any interest for #WomenInEngineering getting opportunities as a result of war @ninabake2.bsky.social ?

📢 HOWL is hiring a new part-time administrator! ⏰ Deadline for applications Friday 29 August 📝 Interviews on Monday 8 September The full job description is available on our website. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Marie Schneiderová-Zubaníková #Czech civil engineer #architect. 1923 1st woman civil engineer grad in Czechoslovakia from Czech Technical University. 1920s structural engineer @ Sears #Chicago 1930s led housing hygiene programme in Cz d. #OTD 11 Sep 1966 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_S...

Elizabeth Killick British naval electronics engineer worked on radar & weapons systems @ Ministry of Defence. 1982 1st woman elected Fellow of @ RAEng. Didn't like being called a "woman engineer" & wouldn't let @wes1919.bsky.social interview her. b. #OTD 10 Sep 1924 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...

Winifred did nursing as a VAD and eventually drove an ambulance . From June 1917 until the end of her VAD service on 28 January 1918 she was using her driving expertise as a “Very capable driver mechanic, most reliable.”

1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey made 3800 mile journey #NewYork to #SanFrancisco in 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower Maxwell DA. 59-day trek with 2 sisters-in-law & friend who couldn't drive. Arrived to great fanfare on 7 Aug, 3 weeks later than planned. d. #OTD 10 Sep 1983 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_H...

Racing driver Winifred Pink #WWI VAD, won 1927 Brooklands high speed trials. Once patched a faulty engine with a sandwich (filling unknown). Member @wes1919.bsky.social wrote article on 'Motor Racing for Women'. Ran WVS garage for mobile canteen vehicles in #WWII b. #OTD 10 Sept 1896 bit.ly/3jjBXwj