Margaret, Lady Moir

(1864-1942)

Engineer and campaigner

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Margaret, Lady Moir, OBE (née Margaret Bruce Pennycook) (10 January 1864 – 5 October 1942) was a Scottish lathe operator, engineer, a workers' relief organiser, an employment campaigner, and a founder member of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). She went on to become vice-president and president of WES, and in 1934 president of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW), in which role she gave full expression to her belief that 'the dawn of the all-electric era' was at hand. She had no doubt about the importance of this development in freeing women to pursue careers outside the home:

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Born	10 January 1864 Gorgie, Edinburgh
Died	5 October 1942 (aged 78) Knightsbridge, London
Zodiac	Capricorn
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