Hilda Blount
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Elizabeth Hilda Blount CEng MIET HonMWES (born 8 January 1933) is a retired British female engineer and former President of the Women's Engineering Society.
Early Life[edit]
Blount was born in Yorkshire in 1933 and demanded a red candle for Christmas when she was a toddler, 'to light in the dark for Christmas' put in a citation here. This foreshadowed her future career at British Thomson-Houston as an illuminating engineer at the company, following the completion of her highly thought-of apprenticeship.
Career[edit]
Blount began her working career as an Assistant Development Engineer for Joseph Lucas (Electrical) Ltd[1]. She was a a Graduate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (GIEE). By 1963 she had been promoted to Development Engineer[2] and contributed articles to Engineering News and the WES Journal, The Woman Engineer[2]. In 1965 Blount was involved in exporting motor vehicles and export regulations[3]. This became a speciality, with Blount presenting a paper on Europe Technical Legislation as regulated by the Treaty of Rome and the burgeoning European Economic Community (EEC), at the fourth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES), held in Krakow, Poland from 8-13 September 1975[4].
In 1971 Blount had been awarded Membership of the IEE (MIEE) and was a Chartered Engineer (CEng)[5], something that was still unusual for a woman to achieve at the time[6].
Women's Engineering Society[edit]
Blount was President of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) from 1987-1989 and was awarded the Isabel Hardwich Medal, in 1992. She was first elected to the Midlands branch committee of WES in 1960[1], becoming its Honorary Secretary in 1962/3[7] and its Chairman in 1964[8]. Blount was first elected to the WES Council in the Autumn of 1964[9], and was elected as Vice-President for a year in 1969[10]. She continued to be a Member of the Council until 1977 when her name no longer appeared in The Woman Engineer[11]. The Second ICWES was held in Cambridge from 1-9 July 1967 and Blount was appointed Honorary Treasurer for the conference[12] and Chairman of the Post-Conference Tours Sub-Committee[13] and Finance Sub-Committee[14].
At its Annual Genera Meeting of 1972 WES decided to start a newsletter to "encourage individual members to exchange news ... [and] ... include information about local events in a particular area" and Blount agreed to start the newsletter on these lines[15]. Within a year the newsletter had become a focal point for members who lived too far away to attend meetings[16].
In 1984, a collaboration between the Engineering Council and the Equal Opportunities Commission created the one year campaign for more Women in Science and Engineering. Blount was appointed Honorary Treasurer for the campaign which led to her being elected Honorary Treasurer for WES the following year[17].
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elections Midland Branch". The Woman Engineer. 8: 499. 1960 – via Women's Engineering Society.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blount, Hilda (1963). "Design of Lamps for Modern Vehicles". The Woman Engineer. 9: 208–209 – via The Women's Engineering Society.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1975. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1971. p. 70. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. 1968. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. 1963. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. 1963. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". The Woman Engineer. 9: 405. 1964.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1969. p. 444. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Second International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists". The Woman Engineer. 9: 473. 1965.
- ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1967. p. 116. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1967. p. 131. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1972. p. 149. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1973. p. 196. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Woman Engineer". twej.theiet.org. Women's Engineering Society. 1985. p. 236. Retrieved 2021-03-10. Unknown parameter
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