Margaret Winifred Vowles

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Margaret Winifred Vowles (nee Pearce) was an English author on science.

She was the daughter of Francis Tring Pearce and Martha Allen of Lorraine House, Gloucester, England. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Allen who was Mayor of Gloucester in 1873.

She took a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of London for which she studied at Cheltenham Ladies' College. She became a member of the History of Science Society and the Women's Engineering Society. Prior to her death she had been living in Wimbledon for two years and was a member of the local branch of the Women Citizen's Association. She published one book and a number of articles on science with her husband Hugh Pembroke Vowles.

She was member of the Pearce family who owned Priday, Metford and Company Limited. Her brother Herbert Elliott Pearce published two books on poetry^[1][2].

She was a keen golfer and played for both Gloucestershire and Glamorganshire. Her golfing achievements included winning the Midland Counties' Championship and the Radyr Ladies' Cup competition. Whilst living in Wales, she won the latter competition and set a course record. Whilst playing for the Glamorgan County Ladies' Club she won the County Cup and the Coronation Medal.

[edit] Publications

• The Quest for Power (Chapman and Hall, London, 1931 book published with Hugh Pembroke Vowles)
• Science and Industrial Insanity. Article published with Hugh Vowles. Date uncertain.

[edit] References

Some of the information above is taken from an obituary in the Citizen Newspaper of Gloucester of the 8th March 1932