NINA SUE M DA SILVA – THE FIRST FILIPINA CHIEF ENGINEER

The maritime industries are traditionally male-dominated, but throughout the world there are women working on ships as well. Numbers are small and they can end up as “invisible”.

The history of women seafarers is sparsely covered in literature. There are a few documented cases of early women seafarers on merchant ships around the 19th century. However, most of the earliest records about women seafarers are those who ser... diamond wedding dresses