WES Centenary Trail Map
In 2019 the Women’s Engineering Society celebrated its centenary. Founded with the intention of supporting women into employment and education in the varied fields of engineering, WES has had many notable members with fascinating lives and careers, yet the only member who features widely in the popular historical narrative is pilot Amy Johnson. As part of our Centenary Trail Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the WES Centenary Map aims to help redress this, by showcasing new and improved Wikipedia entries about historical women engineers as pins on our map.
Keep up to date with our progress and get updates on events and Wikithons @WESCentenary on Twitter or @wes_centenary on Instagram and the hashtag #WES100
If you are looking for a particular woman engineer, use the search box below to see if she features on our map.
More information about the WES Centenary Trail map
The Wikipedia and Wikidata entries that the map is based on are being generated by volunteers, trained and engaged through Wikithons around the country, supported by research into the WES and other archives. The Centenary Trail project aimed to have 200 map pins of historic WES members to explore by the end of the project in April 2021. As you will see from above we have achieved this and more. The map will continue to evolve after the project finishes as Wikipedia and Wikidata entries change and improve. If you notice something or someone missing, let us know. Please note this map is a history project so only features women engineers who are no longer alive.
The project has shared these new and improved histories through events, displays, social media, a small PR programme and a Lottie Doll tour, aimed at encouraging families to think of engineering and its heritage as subjects that are just as interesting for girls as for boys. Follow the hashtag #WESLottieTour or if you would like to borrow a Lottie Doll to take part in the 2021 Lottie Tour please do sign up via the WES website www.wes.org.uk/lottietour
As part of the WES Centenary Trail, we are posting daily stories of women engineers from the past 100 years who belonged to or were connected with WES. Follow us on @WESCentenary on Twitter or @wes_centenary on Instagram and the hashtag #WES100 to learn more about these fascinating women engineers.
Please contact Helen Close, Heritage Officer at helen.close@wes.org.uk if you would like to know more about the WES Centenary Trail project or are interested in the history of WES.
The WES Centenary Trail was funded by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
