Dorothy Hatfield

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]

Dorothy Hatfield
Born1940
Occupationengineer
EmployerVickers-Armstrongs

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]

    References
    1. "WES Lady Finniston Awards". Women's Engineering Society. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
    2. "Dorothy Hatfield". Women's Engineering Society. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
    3. "Queen's Birthday Honours recognise Stem champions". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
    4. "Queen honours engineer and village stalwart". West Sussex Today. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
    5. "Isabel Hardwich Medal". Women's Engineering Society. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

      Further reading

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


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