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Fields. Engineering, politics, women's rights. Rachel Mary Parsons (1885–1956), was an English engineer and advocate for women's employment rights, was the founding President of the Women's Engineering Society in Britain on 23 June 1919. [1] [2]
- Newnham College, Cambridge University
- Engineering, politics, women's rights
- 25 January 1885, 10 Connaught Place, London, England
- British
Biography. Rachel Mary Parsons was born in 1885 and was an engineer who fought for women's employment rights, and was the founding President of the Women's Engineering Society, which was formed in 1919.
1 de mar. de 2024 · Rachel Mary Parsons (1885-1956) was the daughter of Sir Charles Parsons, one of the key developers of the steam turbine which, at this time, was dominating propulsion in the Royal Navy. It was the experimental Parson-designed Turbinia that demonstrated the importance of this propulsion change when she raced past the Royal Navy ships ...
Rachel Mary Parsons (1885 - 1956) was an engineer and advocate for women's employment rights, and was the first President of the Women's Engineering Society in Britain, established in 1919.
4 de ago. de 2020 · by Henrietta Heald. Rachel Parsons in 1923 (wikicommons/public domain) Rachel Parsons (1885–1956), the founding president of the Women’s Engineering Society, was an archetypal ‘difficult woman’ who has been seriously misunderstood.
Her interest and aptitude for engineering and science was fostered from a young age by the engineering tradition in her family including her grandmother Mary Rosse and grandfather William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. Her father invented the steam turbine and developed successful international engineering businesses.
19 de jun. de 2017 · Perhaps even more important to Parsons was the legacy of a grandmother, Mary Rosse, who had herself been an astronomer and engineer, as well as a pioneer of early photography, and the influence of a mother, Katharine Parsons, who was a leading campaigner in the north of England for women's rights.
