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IET Bookshelf: Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines by Henrietta Heald

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  • Duration: 55 mins
  • Publication date: 18 Jan 2022
  • Part of series The IET Bookshelf

Abstract

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines tells the stories of the women who created the Women’s Engineering Society in 1919 – from their success of a social revolution to their significant achievements in engineering and technology. Bringing the era to life, find out about the changing attitudes to women’s rights, both in society and the workplace.

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  • Henrietta Heald
  • Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
  • Rachel Mary Parsons
  • The IET Bookshelf
  • Women's Engineering Society
  • Women’s Engineering Society
  • pioneers

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  • Henrietta Heald

    Henrietta Heald

    Henrietta Heald is the author of Magician of the North, a biography of William Armstrong, the great Victorian inventor, industrialist and visionary, which was shortlisted for the Portico Prize and the Best First Biography Prize. She has spoken about Armstrong and all his works on television and radio and at numerous events and festivals around the country.Henrietta’s particular interests are British history, architecture, feminism and the countryside. ?She is now writing the extraordinary life of Rachel Parsons, an inspirational feminist pioneer who was violently killed in 1956 at her Newmarket racing stable.Jane Austen: Amazing and Extraordinary Facts?, was published in October 2016 by Rydon Publishing.Henrietta's next project, Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines was published by Unbound.
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