100 years ago this month, the extraordinary ‘Electrical Age for Women’ magazine was launched by the UK’s Electrical Association for Women. Here is a co-authored blogpost about it (see link below for a new analytical tool to help navigate the millions of words) ietarchivesblog.org/2026/06/08/l...

Looking back: the 1926 launch of The Electrical Age for Women

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…

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For Hertha’s birthday today #makingmarks

Sharpening the reputation of scientist and suffragist, Hertha Ayrton

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…

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In 2026, a group of Hertha (Marks) Ayrton enthusiasts are shining a light on her achievements and the ripple effect she had on the twentieth century and beyond. Why now? This year marks the 120th anniversary of the Royal Society awarding Hertha Ayrton its Hughes Medal for outstanding research.

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Dr Emily Rees Koerner: Normalising The Woman Engineer: Cultivating The Professional Practice Of British Women Engineers

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

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For International Women’s Day - great to collaborate with the International Network of Women Engineers & Scientists on this project! www.inwes.org/herstories/

Herstories – Recording Histories of Women in STEM - INWES

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...

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Exciting News: Conference Website Launched! icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

It's our regular Monday announcement... New podcast episode! Graeme Gooday explores the history of the physical sciences 150 years ago, and why they were core subjects first taught at the Yorkshire College of Science #histsci #skystorians #chemistry #physics open.spotify.com/episode/5Dln...

1.8 - Physical Sciences with Graeme

The Science of 1875 · Episode

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Collaborative PhD history of science/technology studentship now available at University of Leeds on the marvellous Caroline Haslett and her international networks wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

An inspirational talk from Dame Julia King for our difficult times. @wes1919.bsky.social @graemegooday.bsky.social youtu.be/C2n8hLKDNkE?...

Together in Electric Dreams: Tackling Climate Change

YouTube video by IET

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I fear there is deep truth here.

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Fantastic afternoon and a huge thank you to Dr Katie Carpenter & Professor Graeme Gooday from @universityofleeds.bsky.social @hpsleeds.bsky.social who came to speak to Selby College Engineering & Electrical Installation Students about the history of women in engineering.

Meditations on perpetual motion machines and sustainable energy (& inescapable thermodynamics…) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The monster mechanical delusion: nineteenth-century controversies concerning perpetual motion - IOPscienceSearch

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

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#OTD 12 November 1924 a meeting in a drawing room attended by leading figures in the UK's electrical world was inspired by Mrs Mabel Matthews' idea to form the Electrical Association for Women. The event was commemorated on EAW's 40th anniversary #teatowels in 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri...

Published today to mark centenary of the Electrical Association for Women’s foundation, 12 November 1924! Commissioned by Nature Physics Reviews editor, Ankita Anirban, who was wonderfully enthusiastic about EAW history at this year’s BSHS annual conference in Aberystwyth rdcu.be/dZTVy

How promoting domestic electricity became physics outreach

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...

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Tomorrow, 12 Nov, @graemegooday.bsky.social is leading the centenary celebrations of the Electrical Association for Women and @kingtekkers.bsky.social is speaking at the @museumsassociation.bsky.social conference. It’s all happening! #histsci

Square saucepans with diagonal handles at Bristol’s Stradling Collection (borrowed from the local Electricity Museum). Why? Apparently developed in 1930s by the Electrical Association for Women for efficient use of square electric hot plates!

Great to see this in Bristol: one of many markers for centenary of UK’s Electrical Association for Women. stradlingcollection.org/all-electric...

Electricity: Emancipating Women | The Stradling Collection

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...

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