Women in engineering
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Women are often under-represented in the academic and professional fields of engineering; however, many women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering historically and currently. A number
A female engineer working on an optical communications system test.
A 1953 Society of Women Engineers board meeting.
Autodidact computer chip designer and inventor, Jeri Ellsworth, at the Bay Area "Maker Faire" in 2009.
Female engineering students in class
Women have played a role in engineering in the United Kingdom for hundreds of years, despite the various societal barriers facing them. In the 18th and 19th century, there were few formal training opp
Women in engineering
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Portrait of Hertha Ayrton by Helena Arsène Darmesteter
Nina Cameron Graham became the first British woman to earn an engineering degree in 1912
A woman adjusting the nuts of a turning machine at one of the Tyne shipbuilding yards, Newcastle, 1918.
In 1934, pilot and engineer Amy Johnson became the youngest president of WES