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Clarke was the first female engineer to achieve professional standing in Tau Beta Pi. [2] In 1948, Clarke was the first female Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. [2] She was the first woman to be accepted as a full voting member in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. [17]
In 1958, Mary Jackson became the first Female African-American to become an engineer; Apollo Group Achievement Award, 1969 [5] [12] Daniels Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to Disadvantaged Youth [12] National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Community [12]
Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy in 1943 with a degree in electrical engineering, becoming India's first woman engineer, going on to have a long and successful career. She studied alongside P.K. Thressia and Leelamma Koshie (née George) making them first women engineering students in India. [78]
Bertha Lamme Feicht (1869–1943) – First woman to receive a degree in engineering from Ohio State University and first female engineer to be hired by Westinghouse. [41] [42] Lillian Gilbreth (1878–1972) – One of the first working female engineers to obtain a PhD.
Bertha Lamme Feicht (December 16, 1869 – November 20, 1943) was an American engineer. In 1893, she became the first woman to receive a degree in engineering from the Ohio State University. [1] She is considered to be the first American woman to graduate in a main discipline of engineering other than civil engineering. [2]
In 1914, she became the first woman elected to membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, [2] [7] [19] followed shortly after by Lydia Weld. [30] Gleason represented the society at the World Conference on Power in Germany in 1930. [3] For her work in construction, she also became the first female member of the American Concrete ...
Margaret Ingels (October 25, 1892 – December 13, 1971) [1] was an American engineer. She is known as the first female engineering graduate from the University of Kentucky, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1916. [2]
Elmina Wilson (1870–1918) was the first American woman to complete a four-year degree in civil engineering. She went on to earn the first master's degree in the field and then became the first woman professor to teach engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). Her first project was as an assistant on the design of the Marston Water Tower on ...