Electrifying Women: Understanding the Long History of Women in Engineering
Electrifying Women: Understanding the Long History of Women in Engineering
Electrifying Women: Understanding the Long History of Women in Engineering
Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and based at the University of Leeds, this nine-month project started in June 2019 to mark the centenary of the UK’s Women’s Engineering Society (WES).
The project’s aim was to broaden public awareness of women’s diverse collaborative roles in engineering since the 19th century, showing the many precedents for women’s future roles in engineering. The project drew upon Graeme Gooday’s Domesticating Electricity (2008/2018) for evidence on women in engineering before the First World War.
To support this goal, the Electrifying Women project complemented WES’s centenary activities by running a series of events, such as workshops and talks. This led to the production of a series of resources, including public lectures, videos, volunteer research guidance, blog posts, educational source packs, recommended reading, and creative writing materials. Some of which is available here to view and download. Despite the museum’s best efforts, we are unable to make the PDF documents found within this collection fully screen reader accessible.
These resources were produced in collaboration with our project partners the Science Museum, the Women's Engineering Society, the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Wikimedia UK, and Heritage Open Days.
Collection Details
Creator
Gooday, Graeme
Bruton, Elizabeth
Rees Koerner, Emily
Language
English
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