Marjorie Bell
Marjorie Bell BSc, GradIEE, CEng, MIISO, MIOSH, HonMWES (26 December 1906 – 10 June 2001) was a British electrical engineer and factory inspector. Bell had a number of jobs and ran her own clothing factory before becoming the first woman to study electronic engineering at the Northampton Institute. After graduation, she became a lecturer and demonstrator of electrical appliances. She became a factory inspector in 1936 and worked across the country, receiving a medal for her work during the Second World War. Afterwards Bell worked as an inspector in Mandatory Palestine at the time of the 1947–1948 civil war. Upon her return to the United Kingdom she was promoted to district inspector and received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.

In retirement Bell sat on numerous industrial safety committees. She participated in the first European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization working group on electrical toy safety and became the first woman ever to chair a British Standards Institution technical standards committee. Bell was a chartered engineer, a graduate member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, a member of the Institution of Industrial Safety Officers and a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. She was an active member of the Women's Engineering Society, sitting on many of its committees and serving as president in 1956–57.
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