Edith Mary Douglas
The first woman to fly in experimental bomber aircraft in the UK
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Eily Keary
Eily Keary, Naval Architect, was the first woman to have her paper read to the Institution of Naval Architects.
Dorothy Cridland
In 1951 she was one of the earliest women to be elected as an Associate of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and went to work for them from 1955-63 as a technical editor, despite her lack of formal technical qualifications.
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming
The first woman in Britain to gain qualification as a civil engineer
Anne Gillespie Shaw
In 1930 Shaw became a personnel officer for Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company in Manchester, and was later (1933) chief supervisor of women workers.
Anne Greaves
Yorkshirewoman who ran her own quarry and invented an artificial stone.
Christiana Rose
Ran her family business in ship chandlery and brass founding
Cleone de Hevengham Benest
British motorist, engineer and metallurgist
Constance Fligg Elam Tipper
Eminent metallurgist and a very rare example of an industry-standard test named after a woman.
Anne Burns
Burns was an aeronautical engineer and glider pilot, who became the world expert in ‘Clear Air Turbulence’ and its effects on aircraft safety.