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and Pullinger was its director and manager. The company produced a car, the Galloway, for Arrol-Johnston that was designed for women. The company employed a largely female work force under Pullinger's direction and produced automobiles until 1923 when production was transferred to Arrol-Johnston's
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church, to which the family belonged. They had two children, Yvette (b.1926) and Lewis (1931–2021). In the late 1920s, Pullinger and her husband established White Service Steam Laundry Ltd in
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After the war, she returned to Scotland where the munitions facility was converted back to the manufacture of automobiles. It was renamed
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when the firm changed from producing cars to aeroplanes. She was appointed female supervisor of the large munitions facility operated by
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awarded in 1920 for her work as a manager during World War I at Vickers munitions production, overseeing 7000 women munitions workers.
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Later in life she continued drive one of her Galloway cars around Guernsey, with apparent reckless disregard for the
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Clarsen, Georgine (2003). "'A Fine University for Women Engineers': a Scottish munitions factory in World War I".
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which expanded to 17 shops where American steam laundry equipment was installed. They sold the company in 1946.
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after the family moved to the UK when she was eight. The family settled in Swinlees farm, just outside
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where she established Normandy Laundries in 1950. The laundry company is still in existence.
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An exhibition about Pullinger and her life was held at the Devil's Porridge Museum in
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Driving Force- Dorothee Pullinger and the Galloway Car display at Riverside Museum
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which included an engineering college for women and an apprenticeship program.
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In 1924, Pullinger married Edward Marshall Martin (1895–1951), a ship's
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In January 1921 Pullinger was elected as the first female Member of the
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in 1919, a life-long member and active in the Society's Council.
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in June 2019, as part of the Centenary celebrations for the
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Pullinger remained at Arrol-Johnston until the start of
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British pioneering automobile engineer and businesswoman
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Looking Ahead: Work and the Future of British Industry
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An exhibition about Dorothée Pullinger, including a
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Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie
Seine Inférieure
St Peter Port
MBE
Arrol-Johnston
Vickers
MBE
Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie
Seine Inférieure
Thomas Charles Pullinger
Loughborough High School
Dalry
Ayrshire
draftsperson
Arrol-Johnston
World War I
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
Kirkcudbright
Galloway Motors Ltd
Institution of Automobile Engineers
purser
P&O
SS Naldera
Catholic Apostolic
Croydon
World War II
Ministry of Production
Conservative and Unionist Party

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