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A Century of Electrifying Women

Posted on 20/10/2024

Perspectives from Feminist Archive North and Beyond

The UK’s Electrical Association for Women (EAW) was launched 100 years ago, on 12 November 1924. For more than six decades the EAW promoted women’s professional expertise in electrifying the home, and launched qualification schemes that enabled thousands of women to hold technical careers. Yorkshire was a major locus of activity, with many EAW branches inspired by the example of Laura Annie Willson: former suffragette, Halifax engineer-house builder and President of the EAW’s parent organisation, the Women’s Engineering Society (founded 1919).

Please join us at this free event to discuss Feminist Archive North’s historical collections relating to the EAW – books, journals, badges and tea-towels – and reflect with us on what the EAW’s legacy might mean for women’s roles in achieving a de-carbonised world.

Speakers: Lynette Willoughby (Former President of Women’s Engineering Society, & FAN Archive volunteer), Katie Carpenter (Lecturer in Public History, School of History, University of Leeds) and Graeme Gooday (Professor of History of Science & Technology, School of PRHS, University of Leeds).

Event details: Tuesday 12 November 12-1 (with free bookable lunch 1-2 pm). at Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, Parkinson Court, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT.  Map location here.

Advance booking essential – please book no later than Tuesday 5 November. Booking

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