| 词条 | Margaret Partridge |
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| name = Margaret Partridge | image = MARGARET PARTRIDGE.jpg | image_size = | caption = Margaret Partridge, from The Woman Engineer | birth_name = Margaret Mary Partridge | birth_date = 8 April 1891 | birth_place = Nymet Rowland | death_date = 27 October 1967 | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = British | other_names = | ethnicity = | education = Bedford College, London | occupation = Electrical engineer, businesswoman | known_for = Rural electricity installations, engineering apprenticeships | salary = | height = | weight = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | awards = | networth = }}Margaret Mary Partridge (8 April 1891 – 27 October 1967) was an electrical engineer, contractor and founder member of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) and the Electrical Association for Women (EAW). Her business worked with WES to identify and employ female apprentices, including Beatrice Shilling. Partridge also helped campaign to change the International Labour Organisation convention on night work for women in 1934, after Shilling was found working on her own in a power station at night, thus contravening the existing regulations.[1] Early life and educationMargaret Partridge was born in Nymet Rowland, Devon on 8 April 1891.[2] She was educated at Bedford High School, Bedford, and obtained a scholarship to study mathematics at Bedford College, London, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1914.[3] After graduating, Partridge initially tried teaching, before working for an engineering consultant in London[3] where she found here true interest, working in engineering. Engineering career'Today a man met me in the road and threatened to cut down some wires because he didn't like the look of them.'[4]In 1917, Partridge moved to the engineering company Arthur Lyon & Wrench, which manufactured searchlights.[5] Taking advantage of the opportunities now available to women working in industry during the war, she trained as an engineering apprentice and ended up as the supervisor of the test department. At the end of the war, she decided to move back to the family home in Devon to set up her own electrical consulting business, M. Partridge & Co., Domestic Engineers, and advertised in the Women's Engineering Society's Journal The Woman Engineer under the slogan 'Women for Women's Work.'[6] Her company soon expanded to bid for the contracts to provide electricity supply for small towns and villages. She received a great deal of practical support and financial advice from Dr John Purves MIEE, an electrical engineer who would later advise on the electricity supply scheme for the whole of the west of England. Purves encouraged Partridge to set up electrical lighting companies for Cheriton Fitzpaine, Thorverton and Bampton[4] where she brought electricity to the homes of the inhabitants for the first time. Although most residents were excited at the new developments, she also had to deal with complaints about rights of way and wires extending across properties and gardens. Partridge decided to help young women who were interested in engineering as a career by offering apprenticeships specifically for young women leaving school. She wrote to Caroline Haslett asking for recommendations and was successful in appointing Beatrice Shilling who was an immediate success. Partridge and her partner, Margaret Rowbotham, encouraged Beatrice to go on to study at Manchester University and Beatrice would go on to be a pioneering aeronautical engineer. It was Beatrice who was discovered working on her own in a power station at night in contravention of the ILO Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (1919), which stated that women were not permitted to do any kind of industrial work at night. This case, with support from the Women's Engineering Society, eventually led to a change in the convention in 1934, exempting women who were working in a supervisory role.[1] During World War II, Partridge was appointed as the Ministry of Labour Women's Technical Officer for the South West, advising factories on the employment of women in munitions. Retirement and later workFollowing her retirement. Partridge continued to live in Devon, with Margaret Rowbotham, and encouraged the members of her local Women's Institute to wire the village hall for electricity.[4] The remains of both Margarets lie in Willand churchyard. Work for the Women's Engineering SocietyPartridge joined the Women's Engineering Society in 1920. She became Vice-President in 1942, and President in 1943.[6] CommemorationA blue plaque was unveiled by Devon History Society at Margaret Partridge's former home in Willand, Devon in March 2019.[7][8] References1. ^1 {{Cite journal|title=In honour of the I.L.O.|url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/research/wes/WES_Vol_4a.html|journal=The Woman Engineer|volume=4}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Catharine M. C. Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HftdjMNDvwIC&pg=PA238|year=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|pages=238–}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/archives/home.aspx|title=Royal Holloway Archives and Special Collections - Royal Holloway, University of London|website=www.royalholloway.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-07}} 4. ^1 2 Correspondence with Caroline Haslett, Institution of Engineering and Technology Archives, UK0108 NAEST 033. 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/13679211-british-signal-lamp-1918-military-edition|title=British signal lamp 1918, military edition! - Catawiki|website=Catawiki|language=en|access-date=2018-03-07}} 6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/exhibition/women/wes-journal.cfm|title=Archives Woman Engineer journal online exhibition - The IET - The IET|website=www.theiet.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-07}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-47459729|title=Margaret Partridge: Blue plaque for 'remarkable' female engineer|date=2019-03-06|access-date=2019-03-07|language=en-GB}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p072rvsr|title=A Podded History Of Devon - Margaret Partridge - The powerhouse who built powerhouses - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-07}} Further reading
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