Rose Winslade

Rosina Winslade (22 July 1919 – 16 December 1981) was a British engineering manager who became President of the Women's Engineering Society and a governor of University College, Nairobi.

Early life Winslade was born in London in 1919 to Alice Margaret (née Harris) and Charles James Winslade. She left school at fourteen, starting work in a factory.

Career She became fascinated by the engineering processes she saw in the factory and decided to make engineering her career.

Winslade came to notice in 1960 when she was one of two engineers funded by the Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust founded by the British Electricity Authority. They were to investigate the role of female engineers in the USSR. At the time she was a senior sales engineer at Research and Control Instruments Ltd and she was accompanied by Lesley S. Souter who was employed in Harlow by the AEI Research Laboratory.

She continued to work for Research and Control Instruments Ltd becoming an assistant manager in 1960 and between 1962 and 1965 she held a higher managerial position as Joint Manager (Technical) of their electronics division. It was noted that this was unusually high for a woman.

Women's Engineering Society Winslade was employed by the Council of Engineering Institutions in 1966 when she was serving as President of the Women's Engineering Society At the conference, she was photographed being taught how to wear a sari by Indian engineer K. K. Khubchandani alongside fellow WES members and engineers Cicely Thompson, Hettie Bussell and US delegates Louise Davies and Betty Lou Bailey.

Winslade was appointed an OBE for services to women in engineering in 1969.