Caroline Haslett

Caroline Haslett ( born August 17, 1895 in Worth / Suffolk; † 4 January 1957) was an English electrical engineer and founder of the British Women's Engineering Society (WES ).

Curriculum vitae

After graduating from high school Caroline Haslett began to work as a secretary in a mechanical engineering company. At his own request, they were added during the First World War in the production. Your there acquired knowledge she used to get a degree as engineer. Later she qualified as an electrical engineer.

In 1919 Haslett the Women's Engineering Society (WES ) and became its first managing director. Their goal was a professional training of women in the engineering profession. They launched the magazine of the Society, The Women Engineer, and gave it out over many years.

In 1924, she was the founder and until 1956 Director of the Electrical Association for Women, which evolved into an organization with over 90 branches across the country and tens of thousands of members. In 1930 took place a meeting with Albert Einstein on the World Energy Conference ( World Power Conference) in Berlin, the visit led to the founding of the German Women's Engineering Society.

At the meeting in 1936 with Henry Ford at the Edison Museum and Tennessee Valley she was surprised that the use of electricity in the U.S. was less advanced than in England. Caroline Haslett was influential advocate of the role of electricity in simplifying the housework.

Honors

1931 Haslett was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 1947 the Dame Commander of the British Empire.