The Woman Engineer has informed and connected generations of women in engineering for more than 100 years and continues to champion diversity and inclusion in the profession today.
It covers a range of topics including engineering news, articles, careers and member contributions. Read some of our latest issues and explore our wider archive.
Cutting edge engineering
Historical research
Worldwide contributions
The journals contain a wealth of knowledge of women in engineering and the history of engineering in the UK since World War I.
Our early journals also contain technical papers by female engineers.
Become a WES member or partner and access the full archive of The Women’s Journal.
Explore the archives
Historic issues of The Woman Engineer are part of the WES archives, held at the IET Archives.
These archives offer fascinating insight into the history of women in engineering.
Contribute to the journal
WES welcomes article ideas and contributions from members and partners as well as the wider engineering community.
Become a WES member and find out how you can get involved in The Woman Engineer.
The Woman Engineer is an important tool for research as it contains a wealth of information.
The journal and the WES archives contain many unique images of historical interest, people and places. These images are usually copyright of WES and permission must be requested before these can be reproduced either in print, online or used in TV/film/media. In some cases, WES may request a donation for use of our images.
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