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    Katharine, Lady Parsons (née Bethell; 1859 – 16 October 1933) was the co-founder and second President of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), and an...
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    Britain on 23 June 1919. Rachel Mary Parsons was born in 1885, to Sir Charles Algernon Parsons and his wife Katharine, the daughter of William Froggatt Bethell...
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    telescopes. Parsons was born into an Anglo-Irish family on 13 June 1854 in London as the youngest son of the famous astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl...
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    Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was...
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  • formation of the Women's Engineering Society alongside Rachel Parsons; Lady Katharine Parsons; Janetta Mary Ornsby; Margaret Rowbotham; Margaret, Lady Moir...
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  • of Lady Katharine Parsons. Attendees were leading figures in the world of engineering and women’s organisations, including Sir Charles Parsons, Lord Headley...
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  • section detailing life as an engineering spouse. Katharine Parsons worked with her husband Sir Charles Parsons on the steam turbine engine and later founded...
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    engineering. Founders included Lady Katharine Parsons, who was instrumental in the engineering work of her husband Sir Charles Parsons, their daughter and first...
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    Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in...
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    Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931), known for his commercial development of the steam turbine. His wife, Lady Katharine Parsons and their...
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