About the session
Anne Locker, the Library and Archives Manager at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), relates the history of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW) and how it transformed the national conversation around electricity in the home.
Sahar Danesh, a chartered engineer and senior manager at the British Standards Institution (BSI) specialising in digital and emerging technologies, explains the role women have played in shaping standards to ensure that everyday household items are safe to use.
Ann Oakley, professor of sociology and social policy at University College London (UCL), is the author of more than 40 books, most recently The Science of Housework. She sets the achievements of the EAW in the context of the movement for science-based housework that swept Europe, North America and other countries in the early 20th century.
Henrietta Heald (chair) is the author of Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines, a centenary history of the Women’s Engineering Society.
