WESCentenary · @WESCentenary
217 followers · 97 posts · Server mastodon.online
@histodons Eleanor Shelley-Rolls, shareholder in Atlanta Co Ltd, women owned & operated #engineering firm set up in 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta_Ltd Keen #balloonist, sister of Charles Rolls of #RollsRoyce fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Shelley-Rolls
Rachel Parsons 1st WES President #WWI ran engineering firm & taught 100s of women to make munitions. Fought "to keep % of women in engineering until legislation makes it possible for woman to have a chance in profession which appeals to her" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Mary_Parsons
#wwi #rollsroyce #balloonist #engineering
WESCentenary · @WESCentenary
164 followers · 61 posts · Server mastodon.online
Marie Marvingt Record-breaking #French #balloonist #aviator. #WWI 1st woman (volunteer) combat pilot 1st trained certified flight nurse in world. Worked to establish intern'l air ambulance services. 1st woman to climb many peaks in #Alps d #OTD 14 Dec 1963 bit.ly/3oXHE2i
#WomenInEngineering #INWED #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #STEM #engineering #WomenEngineers #WomenInHistory #ExtraordinaryWomen #WomenInCulture #STEAM #HistSTM #WikiWomenInRed #Wikipedia #WomenInHistoryShouldntBeAMystery
#womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #wikipedia #wikiwomeninred #histstm #steam #womeninculture #ExtraordinaryWomen #WomenInHistory #WomenEngineers #engineering #stem #womeninstem #womenshistorymonth #inwed #womeninengineering #otd #Alps #wwi #aviator #balloonist #french
WESCentenary · @WESCentenary
215 followers · 94 posts · Server mastodon.onlineMarie Marvingt Record-breaking #French #balloonist #aviator. #WWI 1st woman (volunteer) combat pilot 1st trained certified flight nurse in world. Worked to establish intern'l air ambulance services. 1st woman to climb many peaks in #Alps d #OTD 14 Dec 1963 bit.ly/3oXHE2i
#WomenInEngineering #INWED #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #STEM #engineering #WomenEngineers #WomenInHistory #ExtraordinaryWomen #WomenInCulture #STEAM #HistSTM #WikiWomenInRed #Wikipedia #WomenInHistoryShouldntBeAMystery
#womeninhistoryshouldntbeamystery #wikipedia #wikiwomeninred #histstm #steam #womeninculture #ExtraordinaryWomen #WomenInHistory #WomenEngineers #engineering #stem #womeninstem #womenshistorymonth #inwed #womeninengineering #otd #Alps #wwi #aviator #balloonist #french
Yokochoclab · @yoko
82 followers · 129 posts · Server toot.community
A new tombstone in the disused graveyard !? Well, yes, it's a memorial to a very adventurous woman who had, until this year, been buried there in an unmarked common grave having died in poverty. Yoko and I were both impressed and pleased to discover it #Balloonist #Aeronaut #DogsOfMastodon #Labrador
#balloonist #aeronaut #dogsofmastodon #labrador
Yokochoclab · @yoko
78 followers · 117 posts · Server toot.communityA new tombstone in the disused graveyard !? Well, yes, it's a memorial to an adventuring woman who had, until this year, been buried there in an unmarked common grave having died in poverty. Yoko and I were both impressed and pleased to discover it #Balloonist #Aeronaut #DogsOfMastodon #Labrador
#balloonist #aeronaut #dogsofmastodon #labrador