Guest blog by David Knights FIET David, a researcher and visitor to the IET Archives, has written this blog about an item he found in one of our collections. Having an interest in his locality and an engineering background, it... Continue Reading →
Graeme Gooday (University of Leeds) and Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge) Today is the 172nd anniversary of an extraordinary woman: Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923), who was born as Sarah Phoebe Marks on 28 April 1854. She was the first woman to... Continue Reading →
Guest blog by Lianne Hackett Introduction This blog traces the first visit abroad of Rena Kennedy on a fact-finding trip funded by the Electrical Association for Women, and her later life as an electrical demonstrator, teacher, musician, mother and volunteer.... Continue Reading →
