Women are inspiring, innovative and inventive. Discovering, developing or implementing the latest technology to make the world a better place. Share your inspirations with us and maybe find another one below.
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astrophysicist)
- Dorothy Buchanan (civil engineer)
- Delia Derbyshire (electronic music engineer)
- Victoria Drummond (ships engineer)
- Mary Fergusson (civil engineer)
- Elizabeth Georgeson (mechanical and chemical engineer)
- Sarah Guppy (bridge patentee)
- Verena Holmes (locomotive engineer)
- Alice Perry (civil engineer, Eire)
- Dorothy Pullinger (aero and auto engineer)
- Marion Ross (acoustician and physicist)
- Dorothy Rowntree (naval architect)
- Beatrice Shilling (aero engineer)
- Jeanie Dicks (electrified Winchester Cathedral)
- and many more to come.....
Discover over 250 historical women engineers on the WES Centenary trail map or on our historical twitter @WESCentenary or Instagram feed @wes_centenary
Have you been inspired? Let us know by nominating a woman engineer, scientist or technology professional by emailing: hello@wes.org.uk.