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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.
- Newnham College, Cambridge University
- Engineering, politics, women's rights
- 25 January 1885, 10 Connaught Place, London, England
- British
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 ...
Women’s History Month: Rachel Mary Parsons (1885-1956) March is Women’s History month, so at I, Science we are highlighting some of the incredible women who have contributed to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and maths - who have often been overlooked in our textbooks.
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 · A forgotten feminist pioneer: the story of Rachel Parsons. by Henrietta Heald. Rachel Parsons (1885–1956), the founding president of the Women’s Engineering Society, was an archetypal ‘difficult woman’ who has been seriously misunderstood. Indeed, during more than half a century, she was better known for her death than for ...
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. Parsons attended Newcastle High and Rodean until 1903, then entered Newnham College at the University of Cambridge in 1910, one of the first ...
19 de jun. de 2017 · This thought came hot on the heels of my introduction to Rachel Mary Parsons (1885-1956), one of the seven extraordinary individuals who founded the Women's Engineering Society immediately after the First World War.
