With apologies for cross-posting.

 

The IET History TPN is hosting a one-day conference on the History of Women in Engineering in the UK, at Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Registration is now open, and the programme and registration link is given below – the fee for this event (which includes lunch) is £25. If you have any queries, please email me at [log in to unmask]

 

Anne

 

Anne Locker

Library and Archives Manager

 

Women in Engineering conference, IET Savoy Place, London, Monday 27 November

 

09.30: Registration

10.00: Welcome

10.15 – 11.15: Keynotes: Henrietta Heald and by Nina Baker

11.15 – 11.45: Tea break

11.45 – 12.45: Session 1: Women in the Air

Louise Innes: Tongland Works in Galloway and the Women Engineers

Tony Royle: The Impact of the Women of the Technical Section of the Admiralty Air Department on the Structural Integrity of Aircraft during World War One

12.45 – 13.00: Discussion on morning papers

 

13.00 – 13.30: Lunch

 

13.30 – 14.30: Session 2: Women at Sea and on the Railways

Keith Harcourt and Roy Edwards: Blanche Thornycroft, naval architect

Dr Becky Peacock: Uncovering the secrets of Canadian Pacific

14.30 – 15.00: Tea break

15.00 – 16.30: Session 3: Women in Business / Workplace

David Hay: It's only temporary: women electrical engineers in the Post Office telephone service in WWII

Graeme Gooday and Sophie Forgan: Engineering in the family: uncovering women's early collaborative roles in technology

Alice White: Women Engineers and Wikipedia

16.30 – 17.00: Discussion on afternoon papers + wrapping up

 

Registration via https://communities.theiet.org/communities/events/item/214/39/18711