100 Years of Women in Transport
The 100 years of women in transport campaign (YOWIT) is a celebration of the significant role that women have played in the transport industry over the past 100 years in the
The programme is a partnership between Transport for London, the Department for Transport (DfT), Crossrail,[4] Network Rail,[5][6] Women's Engineering Society (WES)[7] and the Women’s Transportation Seminar London Chapter (WTS) now known as Women in Transport.[8][9]
In 2015, the campaign raised awareness to the low representation of females in this industry[10] by commemorating the 100 years of Maida Vale tube station (the first to be fully staffed by women),[11] and holding a debate competition between year 9 students from 30 schools across the UK with engineering and construction company, Bechtel. The winning team was composed by four girls from St Marylebone School.[12][13][14]
The programme also profiled several women that are currently in the industry to showcase the variety of careers available within transport.[15][16][17][18]
In November 2015, the campaign celebrated 100 years since the first female bus conductor, Ms G. Duncan, started to work in London on 1 November 1915.[19][20]
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- ^ Transport for London. "100 Years of Women in Transport". tfl.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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- ^ "Maida Vale station marks 100th anniversary". ITV News. 6 June 2015.
- ^ "St Marylebone School named winner of 100 Years of Women in Transport debate".
- ^ "UK school children to debate role of women in transport 09 Nov 2015 (Transport for". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "St Marylebone School named winner of 100 Years of Women in Transport debate 02 Dec".
- ^ Transport for London. "Women in transport profiles". tfl.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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- ^ "Mind the [Gender] Gap: Tricia Riley, HR Director at TfL has a positive outlook on gender balance - Womanthology". Womanthology. 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Launch of 100 Years of Women in Transport". wtsinternational.org. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Bus drivers mark 100 years since London's first female bus conductor started work". Your Local Guardian.
- ^ "Transport". Southwark News.