Radio Girl by David Dufty
A vivid biography of Violet McKenzie, Australia’s first female electrical engineer and a radio pioneer, charting her rise from running a Sydney radio shop and championing wireless to founding the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps, where she trained thousands in Morse code. It highlights her pivotal, often overlooked role in bolstering Australia’s World War II communications, her influence on the creation of the WRANS, and her enduring legacy in opening doors for women in engineering and technical fields.
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- Published
- 2020
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- Australian
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- English
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