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Media coverage
Title Exhibition about Dorothea Pullinger and the Tongland Car Factory Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet Kirkcudbrigh History Society Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 21/12/19 Description A description and details of the exhbition Producer/Author KHS URL www.kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk/news/exhibition-about-dorothea-pullinger-and-the-tongland-car-factory/ Persons Katarzyna Kosmala Title Dorothee's work on display in Dumfries Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Dumfries & Galloway Standard Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/12/19 Description The article points at the exhibition dedicated to engineer Dorothée Pullinger based on archive research created/produced by UWS. The exhbition in Dumfries is a part of the Women’s Engineering Society centenary celebrations.
Prof Kosmala is cited:
We are delighted to collaborate with Dumfries Museum on this exhibition, which brings Pullinger’s story back to local communities.”
Professor Katarzyna Kosmala - UWSProducer/Author Stewart Macfarlane URL https://www.pressreader.com/uk/dumfries-galloway-standard/20191213/281930249866525 Persons Katarzyna Kosmala Title DUMFRIES EXHIBITION CELEBRATING ENGINEER OPENS Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet UWS website Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 11/12/19 Description Information about the collaboration between UWS's research team led by Prof Kosmala and Dumfries museum on the exhibition, which explores the engineer’s Scottish connection hosted at Dumfries Museum
Based on archival research carried out by the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), the exhibition brings Pullinger’s story to life with a collection of artefacts gathered from her career – and hopes to inspire engineers of the future.
Prof Kosmala is cited: “During the centenary of the Women’s Engineering Society, and 100 years since the barrier in principle was removed to entry for women to the professions, we are able to use this exhibition to engage with women in engineering of the past, present, and future."Producer/Author UwS URL https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/dumfries-exhibition-celebrating-engineer-opens/ Persons Katarzyna Kosmala Title A Car for Women and other Arrol-Johnston stories Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet DGculture.co.uk Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 21/11/19 Description In association with the exhbition, the project team member Dr Nina Baker has brought to life the stories of the women who worked in the Heathhall and Tongland factories of Arrol-Johnston, before, during and after the First World War. Most famously, the managing director’s daughter, Dorothée Pullinger, was trained as an engineer and helped manage the factories as well as design the Galloway car, marketed for women drivers. Other pioneering women also got their start in engineering there and one, sadly, met her end. Producer/Author DG Culture URL https://www.dgculture.co.uk/event/a-car-for-women-and-other-arrol-johnston-stories-dr-nina-baker/ Persons Katarzyna Kosmala, Dr Nina Baker
Keywords
- Dumfries museum
- collaboration
- exhbition
- Public engagement