News Archives - Electrifying Women

Announcement: proposed international network on history of women in science and engineering

15th January 2021 by Emily Rees Koerner

The Electrifying Women project is reaching out to colleagues who can help to collectively develop a more inclusive version of its international history of women in twentieth-century engineering and science. Already signed up to the network are the International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences (INWES), the Canadian Institute for Women in Engineering and Sciences (CIWES), the Archives of the Society of … Read more

BSHS/Electrifying Women prize for best school posters on the history of women in engineering

14th October 202030th September 2020 by phlgjng

Highlights from the Electrifying Women poster competition for Year 7 girls on the history of women in engineering.

‘All the little things’: Lynette Willoughby in conversation with Coreen McGuire

29th May 2020 by Emily Rees Koerner

Coreen McGuire talks to Lynette Willoughby, a former engineer, teacher and president of the Women’s Engineering Society, about succeeding against the odds, ways of learning, and the importance of teachers.

‘More than a career’: Dawn Bonfield in conversation with Coreen McGuire

23rd July 202028th May 2020 by Emily Rees Koerner

Coreen McGuire talks to engineer and former Women’s Engineering Society president Dawn Bonfield about routes into engineering, the benefits of diversity in design, and the importance of storytelling.

Reflections on the Electrifying Women Project and the WES Centenary

26th October 202021st May 2020 by Emily Rees Koerner

The Electrifying Women team, Emily Rees, Elizabeth Bruton and Graeme Gooday, reflect on what the project has learned over the last year from engaging with different audiences about the history of women in engineering.

NEWS: The entire performance of SHE is now free to watch online

15th July 202031st March 2020 by Emily Rees Koerner

From the 21-23 November 2019, students from the University of Leeds department of Performance and Cultural Industries performed the play SHE at Stage@Leeds. Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves, while working with the Electrifying Women project team. You can read more about the production and the different women whose lives were dramatised here.

Education packs for KS3 and KS4 students relating to the performance are available in the Educational Source Packs.

NEWS: Information & Culture special issue on the history of women in British telecommunications

29th May 202012th March 2020 by Emily Rees Koerner

Women’s roles in telecommunications history remain underexplored despite a recent proliferation of work on women in the history of technology. Liz Bruton outlines the details of a special issue that seeks to correct that imbalance by situating women’s work in early telecommunications in the UK in relation to broader changes in British society.