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Hertha Ayrton: pioneering inventor and suffragette

06 Sep 2022

Physicist, mathematician, engineer, inventor and suffragette – Hertha Ayrton was many things at a time when women were expected to simply keep house and raise a family. Anita Chandran explores the life of this remarkable scientist, who died a century ago next year

Painting of a pioneer Portrait of Hertha Ayrton in 1906 by Helena Darmesteter. (Courtesy: The Mistre

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Anita Chandran is a science writer based in Munich, Germany, and editor of Tamarind, a literary magazine focused on the intersections of science and art. Twitter @anitamchandran
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