Dr Elizabeth Laverick
British electronics engineer
British electronics engineer
In 1921 she gained a BSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh, and is believed to probably have been only the 2nd woman engineering graduate (after Elizabeth Georgeson in 1919).
The first woman to study engineering in a Scottish university.
British metallurgical chemist
American structural engineer
Pioneering engineer-pilot
“The First Lady of the motor trade” in early to mid-20th century Britain
Emily Dunn is one of two Yorkshirewomen running their own quarries in the first half of the 20th century, the other being Anne Greaves.
Britain’s first female Naval Architecture graduate
The first woman to fly in experimental bomber aircraft in the UK