Dorothy Hatfield
Born1940
Occupationengineer
EmployerVickers-Armstrongs

Dorothy Helen Hatfield OBE FRAeS née McRither (b.1940), aeronautical engineer, was the first female engineering apprentice at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Brooklands. She became President of the Women's Engineering Society and was instrumental in setting up the Daphne Jackson Trust and the Lady Finniston Award[1] for first year female engineering students.[2] Hatfield was appointed an OBE for services to engineering in 2014.[3][4]

Life and career

Hatfield left school at 16 and successfully applied to be an engineering apprentice at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, Brooklands, the first women to do so. After six years, she graduated with a first class honours degree in aeronautical engineering.

Hatfield returned to work after a career break to work in the flight simulation industry. She joined the Women's Engineering Society in 1962 and was elected president in 1990. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1996.[2]

Recognition

For her work with the Women's Engineering Society, Hatfield was awarded the Isabel Hardwich Medal in 2007.[5]

See also

Janet Gulland became the first female graduate apprentice at Vickers-Armstrongs in 1958.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "WES Lady Finniston Awards". Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Dorothy Hatfield". Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours recognise Stem champions". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Queen honours engineer and village stalwart". West Sussex Today. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Isabel Hardwich Medal". Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Brooklands Museum :: LGBTQ at Brooklands: Janet Gulland". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

    Further reading

    https://electrifyingwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/05/Dorothy-Hatfield-BIO.pdf


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