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Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie, the founder of the Women's Emergency Signallers Corps (WESC), c1939

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McKenzie, Violet

A pioneer in Australian radio and electrical engineering, Violet McKenzie had a lifetime commitment to technical education and training, especially for women.

Radio

War

Women

World War II

McKenzie, Violet

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Florence Violet McKenzie was an electrical engineer who taught thousands of women, and soldiers, to use radio for signalling, founded the Wireless Weekly and pioneered technical education for women.

Women's Emergency Signalling Corps

Training school formed to teach women to use telegraphic signalling, which ended up training over 12,000 servicemen and women during World War II.

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