Laura Annie Willson MBE (née Buckley) (15 August 1877 – 17 April 1942) was an English engineer and suffragette, who was twice imprisoned for her political activities.

[10] In January 1909, Richard Haldane, the War Secretary, spoke at the Victoria Hall in Halifax and the organisers went to great lengths to keep out suffrage campaigners.

[4] She was a joint-director of the lathe-making factory Smith Barker & Willson with her husband, which during the First World War produced munitions.

Noticing that some of the employees were going without food so that their children could eat, she established a works canteen to ensure that the women were properly nourished.

[14] In 1927, having moved to Surrey from Halifax with her husband, Willson continued her trade as a builder by purchasing land at Englefield Green.

[4] By the late 1930s, Willson's health had begun to falter, although she was able to continue supporting the Women's Engineering Society and attended the organisation's 21st birthday celebrations at the Park Lane Hotel on 4 March 1940.

[4] She was quoted in The Woman Engineer "It is lovely to think of our Society being now twenty one years of age, and still active and of course willing to do all in its power at any time in the interest of the Country.