Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines by Henrietta Heald

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines by Henrietta Heald

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A centenary tribute to Britain’s trailblazing, boundary-breaking women engineers

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Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines by Henrietta Heald

A centenary tribute to Britains trailblazing, boundary-breaking women engineers
  • 'A fascinating social history' Times Literary Supplement
  • 'Well-written, vigorous.. shows how Britain's female engineers were key figures in modernisation' BBC History Magazine

  • 'At its heart, this is a group biography of the Women's Engineering Society... Yet Henrietta Heald also spins her story outward, taking in the ways in which the society's members became pioneers not just in engineering and technology but also politics, suffrage and social reform' History Revealed

  • 'Meticulously researched... provides a fascinating account of a century of change for women' Journal of SMEE
Henrietta Heald is a writer and editor whose most recent book has been shortlisted for two literary prizes. Her love of France dates from childhood, since when she has been a regular visitor to the country, learning at first hand about its history, culture, food, and wine.
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ISBN 13 9781783526604
ISBN 10 1783526602
Title Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Author Henrietta Heald
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Unbound
Year published 2019-09-19
Number of pages 400
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