Two history of science researchers will complete the final year of their PhD studies at the Royal Institution (Ri) it was ann

Graeme Gooday, University of Leeds Her many friends, scattered in various places on their summer holiday, were shocked to read in their newspapers, one morning, that she had passed away on August 2…

By Daniel Belteki, Graeme Gooday and Anne Locker Introduction What was so special about June 1926? It wasn’t just that Britain was emerging from the extraordinary near paralysis of a General Strike…

Graeme Gooday (University of Leeds) and Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge) Today is the 172nd anniversary of an extraordinary woman: Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923), who was born as Sarah Phoebe Mar…

The Ripple Of A STEM Pioneer: celebrating Hertha Ayrton and her legacy throughout 2026

The Ripple Of A STEM Pioneer: celebrating Hertha Ayrton and her legacy throughout 2026

This seminar examines how the Women’s Engineering Society, in its early decades, attempted to normalise women engineers in industry.

What is the INWES Herstories project? It collects stories from INWES members who are willing to share their career experiences with others. We hope everyone in INWES will soon be able to use those lif...

The Science of 1875 · Episode

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The monster mechanical delusion: nineteenth-century controversies concerning perpetual motion, Graeme Gooday

Nature Reviews Physics - On the centenary of the founding of the Electrical Association for Women , three historians of science and technology reflect on the impact of bringing physics literacy...

The All-Electric House 19 October - 16 November This exhibition is our contribution to the centenary celebration of the founding of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW) in conjunction with the w...