Understanding the long history of women in engineering
In this blog, Graeme Gooday explores the international counterparts to the UK’s Women’s Engineering Society (WES) and highlights some of WES’s international members, from the USA, Germany and further afield.
How did one of Germany’s very first female engineers end up working in Britain during World War 2? The little-known story of Ira Rischowski is certainly not one of espionage. Hers is instead a drama of escape from Nazi persecution and narrowing opportunities until she was able to join the UK’s Women’s Engineering Society (WES).