Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1883-1971) In 1905, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney became the first woman to graduate from Cornell University … More
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Learn about career opportunities in Engineering and related fields, like Information Technology. Many IT professionals are engineers, and not just … More
Kate Gleason
Catherine Anselm Gleason (November 25, 1865 – January 9, 1933) was an American engineer and businesswoman known both for being … More
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878–1972) has been called “the first lady of engineering” and “the world’s greatest woman engineer” due to … More
Maria Telkes
Mária Telkes (1900-1995). Hungarian-born American physical chemist and biophysicist best known for her invention of the solar distiller and the … More
Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842-1910) open the Women’s Laboratory at MIT, where women were taught basic and industrial chemistry, biology, … More
Helen Augusta Blanchard
Helen Augusta Blanchard (1840-1922) patents, 22 of which involved improvements to sewing machines. first zigzag sewing machine. 1873 zigzagger After … More
Martha Coston
Martha Coston (1826-1904) patent for her Pyrotechnic Night Signals on April 5, 1859 By 1859, the success of the signal … More
Marion Mahony Griffin
Marion Mahony Griffin – One of the first female licensed architects in the U.S., Marion Mahony Griffin was also a … More
Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan – Armed with both a civil engineering degree and an architecture degree, Morgan became one of the most … More
Ellen Biddle Shipman
Ellen Biddle Shipman – landscape architecture. She was known for her formal gardens like the Henry W. Longfellow Place in … More
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling (1843–1903). – Despite a lack of formal engineering training, Emily Roebling’s name will be forever associated with … More
Margaret Ingels
Margaret Ingels studied engineering at the University of Kentucky, and became the first woman to receive a graduate degree in … More
Mary G. Ross
Mary Golda Ross (August 9, 1908 – April 29, 2008) was the first known Native American female engineer, and the … More
Judith Love Cohen
Judith Love Cohen was an American aerospace engineer and author. Cohen worked as an electrical engineer on the Minuteman missile, … More
