Lillian Moller Gilbreth
“America’s first lady of engineering”, industrial efficiency expert.
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Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
Elisa Leonida was one of the first formally-recognised female engineers in Europe.
Pearl Young
The first female professional hired by NASA’s predecessor, NACA, in an age when most women in the government were constrained to staffing support positions such as secretaries or administrative aides.
Hilary Kahn
Pioneering software engineer who laid the basis for CAD for engineers of today.
Ray Strachey
Started out to be an engineer but spent most of her life campaigning for women’s rights.
Emily Warren Roebling
Completed the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her engineer husband was incapacitated
Dr Daphne Jackson
Nuclear engineer and founder of the UK’s returner fellowships programme.
Jeanie Dicks
Jeanie Dicks was responsible for the first permanent electrification of Winchester Cathedral in 1934.
Florence Violet McKenzie
Australia’s first female electrical engineer, founder of a telegraphy school and initiator of the WRANS.
Victoria Drummond
The first woman ship’s engineer and role model for women at sea, who were not able to follow in her wake until 10 years after she retired.