Women's Engineering Society

Not to be confused with Society of Women Engineers.

Women's Engineering Society
AbbreviationWES
Formation1919
Legal statusCharity
Location
Coordinates51°53′46″N 0°12′09″W / 51.896062°N 0.202365°W / 51.896062; -0.202365
Region
United Kingdom
FieldsEngineering
President
Dr Katherine Critchley
Dr Katherine Critchley, Sarah Haslam MBE, Chrisma Jain, Dr Tosha Nembhard, Professor Vince Pizzoni, Susan Robson MBE, Mamta Singhal MBE, Aniela Foster-Turner.
Key people
Elizabeth Donnelly, Chief Executive Officer
Main organ
The Woman Engineer
Websitewww.wes.org.uk
Elizabeth Donnelly, WES CEO, on the occasion of the unveiling of a Tunnel Boring Machine named after WES founder Rachel Parsons

The Women's Engineering Society is a United Kingdom professional learned society and networking body for women engineers, scientists and technologists. It was the first professional body set up for women working in all areas of engineering, predating the Society of Women Engineers by around 30 years.[1]

  1. ^ Heald, Henrietta. (2020). Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines. Unbound. ISBN 978-1-78352-660-4. OCLC 1134535786.