Hertha Ayrton: pioneering inventor and suffragette
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Image caption: Painting of a pioneer – Portrait of Hertha Ayrton in 1906 by Helena Darmesteter. Image courtesy: The Mistress and Fellows, Girton College Cambridge. Article by Anita Chandran. Physics World – September 6, 2022.
Physicist, mathematician, engineer, inventor and suffragette – Hertha Ayrton was many things at a time when women were expected to simply keep house and raise a family. Anita Chandran explores the life of this remarkable scientist, who died a century ago next year
The turn of the 20th century was defined by huge strides in engineering, automation and manufacturing. It was an era that gave us technologies such as radio transmission, air conditioning and the diesel engine, and saw the likes of Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell at the forefront of innovation. But one often overlooked name is Hertha Ayrton. […]
