Nearly one hundred years ago, Beatrice ‘Tilly’ Shilling was beginning an electrical engineering apprenticeship. A pioneer in more ways than one, what does her legacy mean today and are things any different for today’s female engineering apprentices?

Beatrice ‘Tilly’ Shilling crossed boundaries. A ground-breaking aeronautical engineer and successful motorcycle racer, she had known by the age of 15 that she wanted to be an engineer. Then again, this was 1920s’ Britain and Shilling had chosen a profession that wasn’t easy for a young woman to enter, however skilled - she had already been maintaining her own motorcycle for several years - or however great her enthusiasm. - E &T Magazine