Rachel Parsons (1885-1956)

Parsons was born in London to a family of inventors and engineers.
In 1910, she became the first woman to study mechanical sciences at the University of Cambridge but, like other women at the time, was barred from taking a degree.
In the First World War, she co-directed an engineering firm and taught hundreds of women to make munitions.
She said, “Women must organise – this is the only royal road to victory in the industrial world. They have achieved political independence; now is the time to win economic freedom too.”
A true trailblazer, Parsons was the first President of the Women’s Engineering Society.

Author: Efe Otobrise

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