The Amazing Victoria Drummond (Part One)

Season: 5 Episode: 3

Drummond was the first woman to qualify as a marine engineer and she managed to have a successful career at sea despite encountering prejudice and discrimination. In this episode, we look at her early life and the difficulties she had trying to start her chosen career in marine engineering.

CAST

Victoria Drummond - Rose Hayles

Mr. C. Booth - Steve Sheperd

Crew - Steve Yeo

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

The Remarkable Life of Victoria Drummond, Marine Engineer - Cherry Drummond. Institute of Marine Engineers, 1994

National Records of Scotland

Liverpool Museum

Ancestry

History Extra

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