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Katharine, Lady Parsons ( née Bethell; 1859 – 16 October 1933) was the co-founder and second President of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), and an engineer in her own right.
31 de mai. de 2019 · On 23 June 1919, Katharine and Rachel Parsons, along with several other prominent women, founded the Women’s Engineering Society to resist the relinquishing of wartime jobs to men and to promote ...
22 de jun. de 2020 · Katharine Parsons managed teams of women working in armament factories during the First World War. In 1919, she was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and Ship-builders in recognition of this work and her contribution to shipbuilding.
The First World War. Famed for her robust character and exceptional organisational skills, during the First World War Lady Parsons was closely involved in managing the female workforces in Tyneside converted armaments factories.
Katharine Parsons took a keen interest in engineering and encouraged her daughter to become an engineer. She was prominent among the suffragettes of northeast England and a pioneer of the Girl Guides movement.
Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines, a history of the Women's Engineering Society by Henrietta Heald – starring Rachel Parsons and Katharine Parsons, along with a host of other astonishing trailblazers – is now available in paperback from Unbound. Read more... Engineers of the early 20th century.
Lady Parsons (de solteira Katharine Bethell), nada en East Yorkshire en 1859 e finada o 16 de outubro de 1933, [1] foi unha enxeñeira británica, cofundadora e segunda presidenta da Women's Engineering Society (WES).
