Ep 288: The Magnificent Women That History Forgot with Henrietta Heald

Did you know that it was a women who made electricity in the home possible... why isn't she a household name? The badass ladies are finding out.As Harriet takes a week off Claudia-Liza Armah is taking the job of hosting this week and is joining Natalie and Emma.In the studio is Henrietta Heald who is educating the ladies on the history of the female engineers who changed the way we do things everyday, but who we're silenced and forgotten about and their stories that were lost in history! All of which is detailed in her new book: Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines.Henrietta is telling the ladies about the amazing creations of the women employed in the first world war to work as engineers, their amazing creations and the trails and tribulations they faced as 1920’s laws meant that the women who worked whilst the men were at war had to return to homemaking life once the troops were back. As Henrietta explains it is the centenary year of the Women’s Engineering Society, and how even in 2019 we still don’t have enough women engineers and the fact that the tales of these women should be told in schools to inspire the next generation of female inventors, scientists and creators.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.