Museum to shed light on women who shaped transport in London

Museum to shed light on women who shaped transport in London

Project aims to explore untold stories of important women in male-dominated workforce

They include the women of Willesden bus garage who sparked a nationwide strike over equal pay in 1918, Joy Jarvis, who designed London Transport’s distinctive “roundel” seat fabrics, and Hannah Dadds, the first female tube driver.

The often untold or little-known stories of important women in the history of London transport are being highlighted as part of a new project, titled Where are all the women?

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Source: Guardian Transport

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