Henrietta Heald

Henrietta Heald is a British writer, editor, and heritage campaigner renowned for her biography 'William Armstrong, Magician of the North,' the first full-scale account of the Victorian inventor and industrialist, shortlisted for prestigious prizes. She has also authored 'Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines,' chronicling the pioneering women who founded the Women's Engineering Society in 1919 and advanced women's rights in engineering. Her interests encompass British history, politics, architecture, and the countryside, with additional work on sites like Parsonstown.