Pauline Gower and the Air Transport Auxiliary (Ada Lovelace Day)
In the back of my mind over the last few weeks has been Suw Charman-Anderson’s Ada Lovelace day – where over a thousand bloggers have pledged to write a post about women in technology. Deciding on who to write about is a tough call, and I know others have spent time doing their best to choose someone that have real resonance. I’ve decided to go back in history a little and write about Pauline Gower. Gower used her connections and influence to ensure female pilots were allowed to aide the war effort during the Second World War and join the
