Category: Women Pioneers

Petra Kelly (1947-1992)

Petra Kelly is linked to renewable energy through her connections to the Green Party and anti-nuclear movements. These anti-nuclear movements...

Jeanette Gitobu

Jeanette Gitobu is currently the director of the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program, which promotes the expansion of women...

Hettie Jones

The last Melin Bompren Miller The county of Ceredigion, corresponding largely with that of Cardiganshire in Wales, is considered a...

Betty Sullivan (1902-1999)

 “The only sound knowledge I possess is the realization of my own little worth” Betty Julia Sullivan was a female...

Dr E Cora Hind (1861-1942)

Ella Cora Hind was born in Toronto in 1861 to parents Edwin and Jane, with Huguenot and English stock on...

Amy B Smith (b 1962)

Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Amy Smith is an inventor, teacher and founder of MIT D-Lab and Senior Lecturer of Mechanical...

Margaret E Knight (1838-1914)

Margaret was born in York, Maine – one of a large family and was, according to historian Henri Petroski, known...

Hannah Wilkinson Slater (1774-1812)

Hannah Wilkinson Slater (15-12-1774 – 02-10-1812) Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor. She grew up in...

Sybilla Righton Masters (c 1676 -1720)

Sybilla Righton Masters can lay claim to being the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an...

Maria Telkes (1900–1995)

An interesting candidate for this archive – her links to milling are somewhat tenuous – the link being green energy...

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