Eleanor Shelley-Rolls

Eleanor Georgiana Shelley-Rolls (9 October 1872 - 15 September 1961) was one of the original signatories of the Women's Engineering Society founding documents. She was a keen hot air ballooner.

Early life

Rolls was born in Mayfair, London in 1872.[1] She was the daughter of John Allan Rolls and Georgiana Marcia Maclean. She was the sister of Charles Rolls[2] and John Maclean Rolls.

Career

Rolls married John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls in 1898, and changed her name legally to Lady Shelley-Rolls in 1917.[1][3]

In 1919 she became one of the co-signatures for the formation of the Women's Engineering Society.[4] With Margaret Partridge Shelley-Rolls canvassed support for electrification of Britain.[5] She attended the first statutory meeting of the Women's Engineering Society in 1920.[6] She studied and wrote about the history of motoring.[6] She remained on the Women's Engineering Society Advisory Council.[7]

She founded Atlanta Co Ltd, Loughborough, with Katharine Parsons.[8] Atlanta Co Ltd only employed women, including Anette Ashberry.[9] She was the main beneficiary of Baron Llangattock's £1.1 million estate.[1][10][11][12] She died on 15 September 1961.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Where are the Wikipedia women? | Unbound". Unbound. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  3. ↑ "John Allan ROLLS, 1st. Baron Llangattock b. 19 Feb 1837 "Hendre House", Llangatwg Feibion Afel, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 24 Sep 1912 "Hendre House", Llangatwg Feibion Afel, Monmouthshire, Wales: Some Silk Weavers and Stay Makers". wyndhammarsh.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  4. ↑ "Feminist campaigns and networks", Women and community action, second edition, Policy Press, pp. 101–134, ISBN 9781447342441, retrieved 2018-08-26
  5. ↑ "Partridge, Margaret Mary (1891–1967), electrical engineer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-110230.
  6. 1 2 "The Woman Engineer Vol 1". www.theiet.org. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  7. ↑ "The Woman Engineer Vol 2". www.theiet.org. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  8. ↑ "The Electrical Association for Women | European Feminist Research Conference, Graz University of Technology, Austria | Arts and culture". arts.brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  9. ↑ "Loughborough History and Heritage Network | The life of Annette Ashberry – a pioneering Woman engineer". www.lboro-history-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Major Lord John Maclean Rolls 2nd Baron Llangattock | Christ Church, Oxford University". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  11. ↑ "Rolls family (Barons Llangattock), of The Hendre, documents [c. 1617]-1952GB0218.D361". www.gwentarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-26. line feed character in |title= at position 61 (help)
  12. ↑ Clarke, Tom. "Holst in an unusual circle" (PDF). Holst Museum. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
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