User:Francesrowe

Frances Rowe was born in 1913 to albert and victoria rowe of stepney east london. Albert and Victoria were devout christians and believed in humaity and equality. Albert took part in the cable street riots in the 1930s beliving it better to stand up to fascism then, and be alongside fellow workers such as irish and jewish than to let the black shirts walk through the east end of london.

Frances took strenghth through her fathers leadership and altough the first member of her family to attend university gained a distinction at durham in aerodynamics.

At the oustset of war she was well placed at her job at de havilland to help design the mosquito, focussing on the movement of speed through air, that led to the development of the twin fuselage. Frances gained distinction during these years as one of only a handful of women that performed a leading scientific role in developing the role of avaiation at that time.

After the war, with the influx of men returning from combat, Frances found it hard to sustain a career in avaition, and move into banking. She worked with Barclays in weybridge until her retirement in 1965.

Frances died in 1988 with no family, but many a friend.