During her engineering career, Dr. Alva Matthews conducted original research, development studies, and consultation services in a variety of fields. She is best known for her significant contributions to the field of engineering mechanics and applied…
Ann Fletcher chose engineering as a second career option, after teaching music for nearly ten years. Her career switch is a good example of the new opportunities that opened up to women as a result of WWII. She attended Wayne State University's…
In 1949 Anna Longobardo was the first woman to receive a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. She also received her master's degree from Columbia in 1952. She quickly entered the new area of analog and digital computer…
Lt. Col. Arminta Harness blazed a trail for women engineers in the Armed Forces during her 24 year career in the U.S. Air Force. Graduating with an aeronautical engineering degree from the University of Southern California in 1955, she became the Air…
Barbara "Bobbie" Johnson was a women pioneer in the defining years of the U.S. missile and space program. Graduating in 1946 as the first woman graduate in general engineering from the University of Illinois, Johnson immediately began work in the…
There were few other women studying engineering at the University of Illinois when Betty Lou Bailey entered its undergraduate mechanical engineering program. When she received her degree in 1950 she was the only woman in a graduating class of 700…
Betty Preece is a distinguished secondary and college educator in science, math, and engineering. In 1947 she was the first female electrical engineering graduate of the University of Kentucky and upon graduation worked as an engineer for General…
A ceramic engineer and former NASA astronaut, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar is currently President & CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. Dunbar received her M.S. in ceramic engineering from the University of Washington in 1975. Upon graduation she joined…
Carolyn Phillips was a recognized leader in health & safety issues in the early days of environmental engineering and industrial hygiene. In 1960 she graduated from Pratt Institute with a mechanical engineering degree, where she was one of three…
Dorothy Morris began her career in the engineering field as an administrative assistant in 1950 after graduating with a degree in business and accounting from Concordia Junior College. Concurrent with her early work life, Morris returned to college…