Engineer of the Week - the Full List
To celebrate the centenary of the Women's Engineering Society, and the past 100 years of women in engineering, 2019 has been dedicated to a project called Engineer of the Week (EOTW) where each week we focus attention on some of our Magnificent Women Engineers. These blogs have been written by Nina Baker, and publicised through this and the WES social outreach channels of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Below is the full list and the individual biographies can be found here.
EOTW | First Name | Surname | Month
1 Amy Johnson January 2019
2 Lady Margaret Moir January
3 Dorothee Pullinger January
4 Enid Freda Bull (Mrs Dunlop) January
5 Dorothy Rowntree January
6 Anne Burns January
7 Rachel M Parsons January
8 Sheila Leather January
9 Anne Greaves January
10 Ella M Collin February 2019
11 Lou Alta Melton (Mrs. A.S. Merrill) February
12 Henrietta Vansittart (nee Lowe) February
13 Dorothy Cridland February
14 Hilda Beatrice Herbert (mrs Hewlett) February
15 Henrietta Bussell February
16 Barbara Ethel Sabey February
17 Kate Maslen February
18 Francis Bradfield March 2019
19 Hypatia March
20 Beatrice Shilling March
21 Caroline Maude Davis March
22 Gwendolen Howard March
23 Muriel Glauert (nee Barker) March
24 Eily M. , Keary (Mrs Smith-Keary) March
25 Marie L. V. Gayler March
26 Rita De Morais Sarmento March
27 Carlotta Bollee March
28 Ethel H. Bailey April 2019
29 Helen Grimshaw April
30 Adelaide Anderson April
31 Winifred Joyce "Winnie" Drinkwater April
32 Frances Dora Heywood (nee Weaver) April
33 Laura Willson (nee Buckley) April
34 Margaret Partridge April
35 Miss Mary Evelyn Roxburgh April
36 Mary Isolen Fergusson April
37 Theresa E. Wallach May 2019
38 Delia Derbyshire May
39 Kathleen Booth May
40 Elizabeth M. Kennedy May
41 Alice Stickland May
42 missing! May
43 Lillian Gilbreth May
44 Mabel L. Matthews May
45 Anne Gillespie Shaw (mrs David Pirie) May
46 Hilda M. Lyon May
47 Elmina Wilson June
48 Weinling Women June 2019
48 Misses (Eugenie) Weinling June
49 Cleone de Hevengham Benest (AKA Miss Griff) June
50 Alice Tredwell (nee Pickering) June
51 Pearl I. Young June
52 Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham June
53 Verena Holmes June
54 Sabiha Gurayman July 2019
55 Helen Monica Maurice July
56 Elizabeth Georgeson July
57 Mary Parsons, Countess of Rosse (née Field) Rosse July
58 E. Joy Muntz July
59 Hilary Kahn July
60 Letitia Chitty July
61 Ray Strachey July
62 Joan Lavender July
63 Lettice Curtis July
64 Rose Winslade July
65 Ruth Pirret July
66 Dorothy Pile July
67 Elsie Verity July
68 Gladys Lawson August 2019
69 Elizabeth Jane Smith August
70 Johanna Weber August
71 Margaret Law August
72 Caroline Haslett August
73 May Maple August
74 Hertha Ayrton August
75 Kathleen Cook (Mrs D.I.H. Goodwin) August
76 Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha August
77 Marjem Chatterton (nee Znamirowska) September 2019
78 Veronica Milligan (nee O’Neill) September
79 Evelyn Diana Sheffield September
80 Elizabeth Killick September
81 Jane Plant September
82 Maria Watkins September
83 Emily Roebling (nee Warren) September
84 Daphne Jackson September
85 Jeannie Dicks, Mrs McVean. September
86 Florence Violet McKenzie (Granville Wallace) September
87 Nora Stanton Blatch Barney September
88 Winifred Hackett October 2019
89 Judy Butland October
90 Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming October
91 Elizabeth E. Lindsay October
92 Dina Vaughan October
93 Doris Mona Hirst (Mrs Fairthorne) October
94 Victoria Drummond MBE October
95 Katharine Parsons (Lady) October
96 Isabel Helen Hardwich (nee Cox) October
97 Georgina Kermode October
98 Alice Perry October
99 Maria del Pilar Careaga October
100 Marion McQuillan October
101 Irene Joy Ferguson October
102 Ilse Ter Meer November 2019
103 Annabel Dott November
104 Sarah Guppy (nee Beach) November
105 Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu November
106 Joan Strothers / LadyCurran November
107 Edith Mary Douglas November
108 Pauline Gower November
109 Gertrude Lillian Entwisle November
110 Peggy Hodges November
111 Jean Taylor November
112 Elizabeth Laverick November
113 Beryl Platt November
114 Kate Gleason November
115 Isabel Hadfield December 2019
116 Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo December
117 Rosemary West December
118 Grace Hopper (Admiral) December
119 Ada Lovelace (Countess) December
120 Madeleine Nobbs (Mrs Moody) December
121 Mary Kendrick December
122 Emily Dunn (nee Harris) December
123 Dorothy Spicer December
124 Blanche Coulis Thornycroft December
125 Marjorie Bell December
126 Christina Rose December
127 Constance Tipper December 2019
1 Amy Johnson January 2019
2 Lady Margaret Moir January
3 Dorothee Pullinger January
4 Enid Freda Bull (Mrs Dunlop) January
5 Dorothy Rowntree January
6 Anne Burns January
7 Rachel M Parsons January
8 Sheila Leather January
9 Anne Greaves January
10 Ella M Collin February 2019
11 Lou Alta Melton (Mrs. A.S. Merrill) February
12 Henrietta Vansittart (nee Lowe) February
13 Dorothy Cridland February
14 Hilda Beatrice Herbert (mrs Hewlett) February
15 Henrietta Bussell February
16 Barbara Ethel Sabey February
17 Kate Maslen February
18 Francis Bradfield March 2019
19 Hypatia March
20 Beatrice Shilling March
21 Caroline Maude Davis March
22 Gwendolen Howard March
23 Muriel Glauert (nee Barker) March
24 Eily M. , Keary (Mrs Smith-Keary) March
25 Marie L. V. Gayler March
26 Rita De Morais Sarmento March
27 Carlotta Bollee March
28 Ethel H. Bailey April 2019
29 Helen Grimshaw April
30 Adelaide Anderson April
31 Winifred Joyce "Winnie" Drinkwater April
32 Frances Dora Heywood (nee Weaver) April
33 Laura Willson (nee Buckley) April
34 Margaret Partridge April
35 Miss Mary Evelyn Roxburgh April
36 Mary Isolen Fergusson April
37 Theresa E. Wallach May 2019
38 Delia Derbyshire May
39 Kathleen Booth May
40 Elizabeth M. Kennedy May
41 Alice Stickland May
42 missing! May
43 Lillian Gilbreth May
44 Mabel L. Matthews May
45 Anne Gillespie Shaw (mrs David Pirie) May
46 Hilda M. Lyon May
47 Elmina Wilson June
48 Weinling Women June 2019
48 Misses (Eugenie) Weinling June
49 Cleone de Hevengham Benest (AKA Miss Griff) June
50 Alice Tredwell (nee Pickering) June
51 Pearl I. Young June
52 Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham June
53 Verena Holmes June
54 Sabiha Gurayman July 2019
55 Helen Monica Maurice July
56 Elizabeth Georgeson July
57 Mary Parsons, Countess of Rosse (née Field) Rosse July
58 E. Joy Muntz July
59 Hilary Kahn July
60 Letitia Chitty July
61 Ray Strachey July
62 Joan Lavender July
63 Lettice Curtis July
64 Rose Winslade July
65 Ruth Pirret July
66 Dorothy Pile July
67 Elsie Verity July
68 Gladys Lawson August 2019
69 Elizabeth Jane Smith August
70 Johanna Weber August
71 Margaret Law August
72 Caroline Haslett August
73 May Maple August
74 Hertha Ayrton August
75 Kathleen Cook (Mrs D.I.H. Goodwin) August
76 Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha August
77 Marjem Chatterton (nee Znamirowska) September 2019
78 Veronica Milligan (nee O’Neill) September
79 Evelyn Diana Sheffield September
80 Elizabeth Killick September
81 Jane Plant September
82 Maria Watkins September
83 Emily Roebling (nee Warren) September
84 Daphne Jackson September
85 Jeannie Dicks, Mrs McVean. September
86 Florence Violet McKenzie (Granville Wallace) September
87 Nora Stanton Blatch Barney September
88 Winifred Hackett October 2019
89 Judy Butland October
90 Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming October
91 Elizabeth E. Lindsay October
92 Dina Vaughan October
93 Doris Mona Hirst (Mrs Fairthorne) October
94 Victoria Drummond MBE October
95 Katharine Parsons (Lady) October
96 Isabel Helen Hardwich (nee Cox) October
97 Georgina Kermode October
98 Alice Perry October
99 Maria del Pilar Careaga October
100 Marion McQuillan October
101 Irene Joy Ferguson October
102 Ilse Ter Meer November 2019
103 Annabel Dott November
104 Sarah Guppy (nee Beach) November
105 Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu November
106 Joan Strothers / LadyCurran November
107 Edith Mary Douglas November
108 Pauline Gower November
109 Gertrude Lillian Entwisle November
110 Peggy Hodges November
111 Jean Taylor November
112 Elizabeth Laverick November
113 Beryl Platt November
114 Kate Gleason November
115 Isabel Hadfield December 2019
116 Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo December
117 Rosemary West December
118 Grace Hopper (Admiral) December
119 Ada Lovelace (Countess) December
120 Madeleine Nobbs (Mrs Moody) December
121 Mary Kendrick December
122 Emily Dunn (nee Harris) December
123 Dorothy Spicer December
124 Blanche Coulis Thornycroft December
125 Marjorie Bell December
126 Christina Rose December
127 Constance Tipper December 2019
In alphabetical order
Surname; EOTW Number; Fullname; Month (2019)
Anderson; 30; Adelaide Anderson April
Ayrton; 74; Hertha Ayrton August
Bailey; 28; Ethel H Bailey April
Barney; 87; Nora Stanton Blatch Barney September
Bell; 125; Marjorie Bell December
Bollee; 27; Carlotta Bollee March
Booth; 39; Kathleen Booth May
Bradfield; 18; Francis Bradfield March
Buchanan Fleming; 90; Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming October
Bull; 4; Enid Freda Bull Mrs Dunlop January
Burns; 6; Anne Burns January
Bussell; 15; Henrietta Bussell February
Butland; 89; Judy Butland October
Careaga; 99; Maria del Pilar Careaga October
Chatterton; 77; Marjem Chatterton nee Znamirowska September
Chitty; 60; Letitia Chitty July
Collin; 10; Ella M Collin February
Cook; 75; Kathleen Cook Mrs D I H Goodwin August
Cridland; 13; Dorothy Cridland February
Curran; 106; Joan Strothers / Lady Curran November
Curtis; 63; Lettice Curtis July
Davis; 21; Caroline Maude Davis March
Derbyshire; 38; Delia Derbyshire May
Dicks; 85; Jeanie Dicks September
Dott; 103; Annabel Dott November
Douglas; 107; Edith Mary Douglas November
Drinkwater; 31; Winifred Joyce Winnie Drinkwater April
Drummond; 94; Victoria Drummond MBE October
Dunn; 122; Emily Dunn nee Harris December
Entwisle; 109; Gertrude Lillian Entwisle November
Ferguson; 101; Irene Joy Ferguson October
Fergusson; 36; Mary Isolen Fergusson April
Gayler; 25; Marie L V Gayler March
Georgeson; 56; Elizabeth Georgeson July
Gilbreth; 43; Lillian Gilbreth May
Glauert; 23; Muriel Glauert nee Barker March
Gleason; 114; Kate Gleason November
Gower; 108; Pauline Gower November
Greaves; 9; Anne Greaves January
Grimshaw; 29; Helen Grimshaw April
Guppy; 104; Sarah Guppy nee Beach November
Gurayman; 54; Sabiha Gurayman July
Hackett; 88; Winifred Hackett October
Hadfield; 115; Isabel Hadfield December
Hardwich; 96; Isabel Helen Hardwich nee Cox October
Haslett; 72; Caroline Haslett August
Herbert; 14; Hilda Beatrice Herbert mrs Hewlett February
Hevengham Benest; 49; Cleone de Hevengham Benest AKA Miss Griff June
Heywood; 32; Frances Dora Heywood nee Weaver April
Hirst; 93; Doris Mona Hirst Mrs Fairthorne October
Hodges; 110; Peggy Hodges November
Holmes; 53; Verena Holmes June
Hopper; 118; Grace Hopper Admiral December
Howard; 22; Gwendolen Howard March
Hypatia; 19; Hypatia March
Jackson; 84; Daphne Jackson September
Johnson; 1; Amy Johnson January
Kahn; 59; Hilary Kahn July
Keary; 24; Eily M Keary Mrs Smith Keary March
Kendrick; 121; Mary Kendrick December
Kennedy; 40; Elizabeth M Kennedy May
Kermode; 97; Georgina Kermode October
Killick; 80; Elizabeth Killick September
Lalitha; 76; Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha August
Lavender; 62; Joan Lavender July
Laverick; 112; Elizabeth Laverick November
Law; 71; Margaret Law August
Lawson; 68; Gladys Lawson August
Leather; 8; Sheila Leather January
Lindsay; 91; Elizabeth E Lindsay October
Lovelace; 119; Ada Lovelace Countess December
Lyon; 46; Hilda M Lyon May
Maple; 73; May Maple August
Maslen; 17; Kate Maslen February
Matthews; 44; Mabel L Matthews May
Maurice; 55; Helen Monica Maurice July
McKenzie; 86; Florence Violet McKenzie Granville Wallace September
McQuillan; 100; Marion McQuillan October
McVean; 85; Jeanie Dicks Mrs McVean September
Meer; 102; Ilse Ter Meer November
Melton; 11; Lou Alta Melton Mrs A S Merrill February
Milligan; 78; Veronica Milligan nee O Neill September
Moir; 2; Lady Margaret Moir January
Muntz; 58; E Joy Muntz July
Nobbs; 120; Madeleine Nobbs Mrs Moody December
Parsons; 7; Rachel M Parsons January
Parsons; 57; Mary Parsons Countess of Rosse née Field Rosse July
Parsons; 95; Katharine Parsons Lady October
Partridge; 34; Margaret Partridge April
Perry; 98; Alice Perry October
Pile; 66; Dorothy Pile July
Pintasilgo; 116; Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo December
Pirret; 65; Ruth Pirret July
Plant; 81; Jane Plant September
Platt; 113; Beryl Platt November
Pullinger; 3; Dorothee Pullinger January
Roebling; 83; Emily Roebling nee Warren September
Rose; 126; Christina Rose December
Rowbotham; 52; Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham June
Rowntree; 5; Dorothy Rowntree January
Roxburgh; 35; Miss Mary Evelyn Roxburgh April
Sabey; 16; Barbara Ethel Sabey February
Sarmento; 26; Rita De Morais Sarmento March
Shaw; 45; Anne Gillespie Shaw mrs David Pirie May
Sheffield; 79; Evelyn Diana Sheffield September
Shilling; 20; Beatrice Shilling March
Smith; 69; Elizabeth Jane Smith August
Spicer; 123; Dorothy Spicer December
Stickland; 41; Alice Stickland May
Strachey; 61; Ray Strachey July;
Strothers; 106; Joan Strothers November
Taylor; 111; Jean Taylor November
Thornycroft; 124; Blanche Coulis Thornycroft December
Tipper; 127; Constance Tipper December
Tredwell; 50; Alice Tredwell nee Pickering June
Vansittart; 12; Henrietta Vansittart nee Lowe February
Vaughan; 92; Dina Vaughan October
Verity; 67; Elsie Verity July
Wallach; 37; Theresa E Wallach May
Watkins; 82; Maria Watkins September
Weber; 70; Johanna Weber August
Weinling; 48; Weinling Women June
Weinling; 48; Misses Eugenie Weinling June
West; 117; Rosemary West December
Willson; 33; Laura Willson nee Buckley April
Wilson; 47; Elmina Wilson June
Winslade; 64; Rose Winslade July
Young; 51; Pearl I Young June
Zamfirescu; 105; Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu November
Anderson; 30; Adelaide Anderson April
Ayrton; 74; Hertha Ayrton August
Bailey; 28; Ethel H Bailey April
Barney; 87; Nora Stanton Blatch Barney September
Bell; 125; Marjorie Bell December
Bollee; 27; Carlotta Bollee March
Booth; 39; Kathleen Booth May
Bradfield; 18; Francis Bradfield March
Buchanan Fleming; 90; Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan Fleming October
Bull; 4; Enid Freda Bull Mrs Dunlop January
Burns; 6; Anne Burns January
Bussell; 15; Henrietta Bussell February
Butland; 89; Judy Butland October
Careaga; 99; Maria del Pilar Careaga October
Chatterton; 77; Marjem Chatterton nee Znamirowska September
Chitty; 60; Letitia Chitty July
Collin; 10; Ella M Collin February
Cook; 75; Kathleen Cook Mrs D I H Goodwin August
Cridland; 13; Dorothy Cridland February
Curran; 106; Joan Strothers / Lady Curran November
Curtis; 63; Lettice Curtis July
Davis; 21; Caroline Maude Davis March
Derbyshire; 38; Delia Derbyshire May
Dicks; 85; Jeanie Dicks September
Dott; 103; Annabel Dott November
Douglas; 107; Edith Mary Douglas November
Drinkwater; 31; Winifred Joyce Winnie Drinkwater April
Drummond; 94; Victoria Drummond MBE October
Dunn; 122; Emily Dunn nee Harris December
Entwisle; 109; Gertrude Lillian Entwisle November
Ferguson; 101; Irene Joy Ferguson October
Fergusson; 36; Mary Isolen Fergusson April
Gayler; 25; Marie L V Gayler March
Georgeson; 56; Elizabeth Georgeson July
Gilbreth; 43; Lillian Gilbreth May
Glauert; 23; Muriel Glauert nee Barker March
Gleason; 114; Kate Gleason November
Gower; 108; Pauline Gower November
Greaves; 9; Anne Greaves January
Grimshaw; 29; Helen Grimshaw April
Guppy; 104; Sarah Guppy nee Beach November
Gurayman; 54; Sabiha Gurayman July
Hackett; 88; Winifred Hackett October
Hadfield; 115; Isabel Hadfield December
Hardwich; 96; Isabel Helen Hardwich nee Cox October
Haslett; 72; Caroline Haslett August
Herbert; 14; Hilda Beatrice Herbert mrs Hewlett February
Hevengham Benest; 49; Cleone de Hevengham Benest AKA Miss Griff June
Heywood; 32; Frances Dora Heywood nee Weaver April
Hirst; 93; Doris Mona Hirst Mrs Fairthorne October
Hodges; 110; Peggy Hodges November
Holmes; 53; Verena Holmes June
Hopper; 118; Grace Hopper Admiral December
Howard; 22; Gwendolen Howard March
Hypatia; 19; Hypatia March
Jackson; 84; Daphne Jackson September
Johnson; 1; Amy Johnson January
Kahn; 59; Hilary Kahn July
Keary; 24; Eily M Keary Mrs Smith Keary March
Kendrick; 121; Mary Kendrick December
Kennedy; 40; Elizabeth M Kennedy May
Kermode; 97; Georgina Kermode October
Killick; 80; Elizabeth Killick September
Lalitha; 76; Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha August
Lavender; 62; Joan Lavender July
Laverick; 112; Elizabeth Laverick November
Law; 71; Margaret Law August
Lawson; 68; Gladys Lawson August
Leather; 8; Sheila Leather January
Lindsay; 91; Elizabeth E Lindsay October
Lovelace; 119; Ada Lovelace Countess December
Lyon; 46; Hilda M Lyon May
Maple; 73; May Maple August
Maslen; 17; Kate Maslen February
Matthews; 44; Mabel L Matthews May
Maurice; 55; Helen Monica Maurice July
McKenzie; 86; Florence Violet McKenzie Granville Wallace September
McQuillan; 100; Marion McQuillan October
McVean; 85; Jeanie Dicks Mrs McVean September
Meer; 102; Ilse Ter Meer November
Melton; 11; Lou Alta Melton Mrs A S Merrill February
Milligan; 78; Veronica Milligan nee O Neill September
Moir; 2; Lady Margaret Moir January
Muntz; 58; E Joy Muntz July
Nobbs; 120; Madeleine Nobbs Mrs Moody December
Parsons; 7; Rachel M Parsons January
Parsons; 57; Mary Parsons Countess of Rosse née Field Rosse July
Parsons; 95; Katharine Parsons Lady October
Partridge; 34; Margaret Partridge April
Perry; 98; Alice Perry October
Pile; 66; Dorothy Pile July
Pintasilgo; 116; Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo December
Pirret; 65; Ruth Pirret July
Plant; 81; Jane Plant September
Platt; 113; Beryl Platt November
Pullinger; 3; Dorothee Pullinger January
Roebling; 83; Emily Roebling nee Warren September
Rose; 126; Christina Rose December
Rowbotham; 52; Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham June
Rowntree; 5; Dorothy Rowntree January
Roxburgh; 35; Miss Mary Evelyn Roxburgh April
Sabey; 16; Barbara Ethel Sabey February
Sarmento; 26; Rita De Morais Sarmento March
Shaw; 45; Anne Gillespie Shaw mrs David Pirie May
Sheffield; 79; Evelyn Diana Sheffield September
Shilling; 20; Beatrice Shilling March
Smith; 69; Elizabeth Jane Smith August
Spicer; 123; Dorothy Spicer December
Stickland; 41; Alice Stickland May
Strachey; 61; Ray Strachey July;
Strothers; 106; Joan Strothers November
Taylor; 111; Jean Taylor November
Thornycroft; 124; Blanche Coulis Thornycroft December
Tipper; 127; Constance Tipper December
Tredwell; 50; Alice Tredwell nee Pickering June
Vansittart; 12; Henrietta Vansittart nee Lowe February
Vaughan; 92; Dina Vaughan October
Verity; 67; Elsie Verity July
Wallach; 37; Theresa E Wallach May
Watkins; 82; Maria Watkins September
Weber; 70; Johanna Weber August
Weinling; 48; Weinling Women June
Weinling; 48; Misses Eugenie Weinling June
West; 117; Rosemary West December
Willson; 33; Laura Willson nee Buckley April
Wilson; 47; Elmina Wilson June
Winslade; 64; Rose Winslade July
Young; 51; Pearl I Young June
Zamfirescu; 105; Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu November