Hanna Hammarström 1st person in Sweden to produce phone wires commercially. Worked out how to make phone wires after making wire ornaments. Started factory making wires for Swedish phone company Held monopoly 1880/90s. Employed only women b #OTD 4 Sep 1829 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Ham…

Elsie Louisa Winterton draughtswoman for Great Western Railway in #WWI & retained post war, a sign she was good at job. Won prizes Uni of Reading in 1920s. 1st woman member of UK's Institution of Railway Signal Engineers IRSE in 1923. d. #OTD 4 Sept 1984 bit.ly/3l7acWo

Florence Klingensmith US aviator 1928 skydiver in return for flying lessons 1st jump left her unconscious, didn't stop her. Persuaded local businesses to fund plane in return for advertising. 1 of 1st women to fly in air races d #OTD 4 Sep 1933 in accident en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_…

Georgina Kermode #suffragette #metallurgist #engineer #entrepreneur holder of many patents. Invented vending machine for postage stamps w'ch detected counterfeit coins. Post Office bought machines & installed 1st 1 in Houses of Parliament d #OTD 5 Sep 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_…

Marjorie Cottle 1920/30s 1 of best UK motorcyclists in reliability trials, male or female. 1926 1400 mile ride on 174cc Raleigh to show how good bike was for women. Route spelt "Raleigh" on map of UK. 1927 "most famous girl rider in 🌎" b #OTD 5 Sep 1900 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_…

California Odha Zertuche Díaz 1923–91 #Mexican civil engineer, primary developer of drinking water & sewerage system in #Ensenada #Mexico 1st woman to graduate UNAM School of Engineering. 1957 founding teacher UABC_oficial Best picture can find of her en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californi…

Usha Sundaram (1923/4–2010) 1st woman pilot of independent India. Husband's co-pilot, then Nehru's pilot. 1947 flew rescue missions in partition riots. Set piston-engine record England-India 27 hours. 1959 co-founded Blue Cross of India animal welfare org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usha_Sund…

Sisters Augusta & Adeline Van Buren rode 5,500 miles in 60 days to cross continental United States, each on own Indian motorcycle, ending on 8 Sep 1916. Became 2nd & 3d women to drive motorcycles across entire continent, following Effie Hotchkiss in 1915 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren…

Marta Ingarden Polish #architect #engineer 1950 designer @ #NowaHuta social engineered socialist realist city #Krakow #Poland. Designed supervised construction of Chamber Theatre, Lenin Steelworks Administration Centre & Ludowy Theatre b #OTD 8 Sep 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Ing…

Dorothy Swain Lewis US #aviator. 1941 earned pilot's license. 1942 1 of 10 women chosen for #WWII special flight instructor training program estab'd by Phoebe Omlie. Trained 4 classes of naval aviators then joined #WASPs as tutor & #pilot d #OTD 9 Sep 2013 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_S…

Racing driver Winifred Pink won 1927 Brooklands Museum high speed trials. She once patched a faulty engine with sandwich Women's Eng. Society member she wrote article on 'Motor Racing for Women' & ran WVS garage for mobile canteen vehicles in #WWII b. #OTD 10 Sep 1896 bit.ly/3jjBXwj

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

The Women’s Engineering Society & the Electrical Association for Women placed women’s needs, especially in the home, at the centre of the massive technological & social shift towards electricity. Hear more about these pioneering women in this fascinating free talk by Sarah Yates.

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

Antonina Pirozhkova, Soviet civil engineer. 1934 chief designer @ Metroproekt buiding Moscow Metro. #WWII built Caucasus railway tunnels. Taught @ Moscow State Uni of Railway Engineering, 1964 wrote definitive textbook Tunnels & Subways d #OTD 12 Sep 2010 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonina_…

Jeanne Scelles-Millie 1st woman to earn diploma @ École Spéciale des Travaux Publics #Paris & 1st female #architectural #engineer in #France 1st woman to direct construction sites in #Algeria b #OTD 12 Sep 1900 to French family settled in #Algiers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Sc…

Join Women's Eng. Society for the last online Heritage Open Days Electric Dreams 2024 talks. Celebrating 💯 of the EAW. With the IETLibrary-Archives heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve…

Join Women's Eng. Society today at 12.30, for our last ONLINE Heritage Open Days Electric Dreams 2024 - Celebrating The Electrical Association For Women - Margaret Partridge - a talk by Anne Locker (heritageopendays.org.uk)

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. d #OTD 18 Sep 1919 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_M…

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