Dr Marlene Kanga

The third woman to graduate in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay; when she was appointed as the president of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (2017-19) it was the first time any chemical engineer had taken that role.

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María Cegarra Salcedo

The woman considered to be Spain’s first female to graduate in chemistry was María Cegarra Salcedo (1899-1993) but she is better known for her later career as a poet.

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María Morton

Trained as a chemical engineer at the former Tacuba National School of Sciences (ENCQ), now UNAM’s Faculty of Chemistry, graduating in 1926, she went on to work was in the food industries

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