Henrietta (Hettie) Langdale Bussell (19 February 1917 – December 1996) was Britain's first female railway engineer.
There she won a scholarship to attend a new grammar school in Monmouthshire where she developed a love for maths and physics.
That same year, she came 2nd in an exam to join Great Western Railway, where only the first place recipient claimed entry to the company.
[4] However, Great Western Railway soon after had a vacancy in Cardiff in the Drawing Office, part of the Civil Engineering Department.
[4] In 1942, the GWR Chief Civil Engineer appointed Bussell as Junior Technical Staff as Draughtsman (female).