Aircraftwoman 1st Class (ACW1) Avis Joan Hearn was selected for top secret work using an emerging technology called Radio Location or Radio Direction Finding (RDF). It became known as Radar. Detecting and tracking enemy aircraft, radar was a vital component in the RAF’s success during the Battle of Britain.
New Zealand-British cryptographer and the first female commander in Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters during World War II.
On her retirement in 1951, after 35 years’ service, Stuart fought successfully to obtain the same retiring allowance – six months’ full pay – that men received, rather than the half-pay allowance usually given to women. The determination she displayed set an example for other women to follow; after a long campaign, equal pay was implemented by the Post Office in the early 1960s.
Rapelang Rabana is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and speaker who founded the learning technology company Rekindle Learning in 2013.
Grace D. Banker served during World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile telephone communications for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She led 33 women telephone operators, popularly known as Hello Girls. From New York, they were assigned to travel to France to operate telephone switch boards at the war front in Paris, and at Chaumont, Haute-Marne. The women also operated the telephone switch boards at First Army headquarters at Ligny-en-Barrois and later during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After returning to civilian life, Banker and her team members were treated as citizen volunteers and were not initially given recognition as members of the military. In 1919, Banker was honoured with the Distinguished Service Medal for her services with the First Army headquarters during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives and received a commendation.