Happy International Women in Engineering Day!
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Happy International Women in Engineering Day! In this episode, we are joined by guest host Tiffany Smith, to discuss the purpose of international women in engineering day (INWED), and the history of INWED. We also discuss the history of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), who helped found INWED, as we as the role of women engineers in World War 1 and beyond. Here's where you can join the 2023 INWED Webinar: https://www.inwed.org.uk/inwed2023-webinar/ Sources: 1) https://www.un.org/technologybank/news/international-women-engineering-day-2022-malambo-and-tebello%E2%80%99s-stories-studying-industrial 2) https://www.inwed.org.uk/#:~:text=This%20year%20we'll%20be,lives%20and%20livelihoods%20every%20day. 3) https://www.inwed.org.uk/about/ 4) https://electrifyingwomen.org/who-launched-the-womens-engineering-society-in-1919/ 5) https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2014/06/ww1-women-engineers-in-the-first-world-war/#:~:text=The%20First%20World%20War%20was,the%20cranes%20and%20assemble%20weapons. 6) https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/women-in-warfare-female-engineers-make-their-mark-defense-technologies/ 7) https://www.theiet.org/membership/library-archives/the-iet-archives/online-exhibitions/women-and-engineering/history-of-the-womens-engineering-society/#:~:text=The%20WES%20was%20founded%20in,held%20at%20the%20IET%20Archives.
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