Women's History Month
![From left to right: Laura Annie Willson MBE (née Buckley) (15 August 1877 – 17 April 1942) was an English engineer and suffragette, who was twice imprisoned for her political activities. Margaret Haig Mackworth (née Thomas), 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (12 June 1883 – 20 July 1958) was a Welsh peeress, businesswoman and active suffragette who was significant in the history of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Dame Caroline Harriet Haslett, DBE, JP (17 August 1895 – 4 January 1957) was an English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights.](https://history.org.uk/library/2104/0000/0018/Women_Engineers_Willson_Rhonnda_and_Haslett_640.jpg)
Women's History Month 2023
March is Women's History Month.
10-19 March is also National Science and Engineering Week and we have decided to extend this week for historical purposes and to celebrate women's involvement in this field. Too often women have found themselves bypassed on the lists of our science and engineering heroes. Therefore, we would like to draw your attention to some of the key individuals who have contributed to the STEM world but and have often done so despite the odds, restrictions and prejudices of others.
This podcast (open access during March) explores the important role of women in the development of science and technology in the 20th century, helping to redress the way in which women are perceived as STEM influencers: