A 100-year-old woman who ‘risked life and limb’ during the Second World War has become one of only two centenarians to be given an honorary degree 🎓 Kathleen Roberts is the only surviving member of the ‘Women of Steel’.
A 100-year-old woman who ‘risked life and limb’ during the Second World War has become one of only two centenarians to be given an honorary degree.The group kept Sheffield’s steel industry from collapse with months of gruelling work after the outbreak of war.She and the other women enlisted worked gruelling 72 hour weeks while being paid less than men doing the same job.
The conditions were poor and their dirty air raid shelters filled of rats. If the air raid siren did go off, the women would simply instead don tin helmets and continue their work. But Kathleen eventually did raise her voice, and helped launched a seven-year campaign to preserve the legacy of the Women of Steel.
She said: ‘It was such a surprise when I first heard I was to be given an Honorary Degree in Engineering, but I feel so honored and privileged to accept it on behalf of all those Women of Steel who contributed to the war effort.
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