Women in engineering. Pioneers and trailblazers / [edited by] Margaret E. Layne.

Contributor(s): Layne, MargaretMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Reston, Va. : ASCE Press, c2009Description: xi, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780784409800; 0784409803Other title: Pioneers and trailblazersSubject(s): Women in engineering | Women engineers | Women inventorsDDC classification: 620.0082 LOC classification: TA157 | .W674 2009
Contents:
Women engineers bridging the gender gap / Jill S. Tietjen and Betty Reynolds -- From 'engineeresses" to "girl engineers" to "good engineers": a history of women's U.S. engineering education / Amy Sue Bix -- Multiple-entry visas: gender and engineering in the U.S., 1870-1945 / Ruth Oldenziel -- Petticoats and slide rules / Margaret Ingels -- Women in the intellectual development of engineering: a study of persistence and systems thought / Martha Moore Trescott -- Emily W. Roebling, one of the builders of the Bridge / Alva T. Matthews -- Kate Gleason's careers / Eve Chappell -- Ahead of their time / Jeff Meade -- From computor to electrical engineer: the remarkable career of Edith Clarke / James E. Brittain -- Women can't be engineers / Alice C. Goff -- When computers were women / Jennifer S. Light -- Spotlight on Emma Barth, P.E.: a typical woman engineer? / Lauren Kata -- Flight path / Betsy Flagler -- Women leaders in engineering societies / Peggy Layne.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women engineers bridging the gender gap / Jill S. Tietjen and Betty Reynolds -- From 'engineeresses" to "girl engineers" to "good engineers": a history of women's U.S. engineering education / Amy Sue Bix -- Multiple-entry visas: gender and engineering in the U.S., 1870-1945 / Ruth Oldenziel -- Petticoats and slide rules / Margaret Ingels -- Women in the intellectual development of engineering: a study of persistence and systems thought / Martha Moore Trescott -- Emily W. Roebling, one of the builders of the Bridge / Alva T. Matthews -- Kate Gleason's careers / Eve Chappell -- Ahead of their time / Jeff Meade -- From computor to electrical engineer: the remarkable career of Edith Clarke / James E. Brittain -- Women can't be engineers / Alice C. Goff -- When computers were women / Jennifer S. Light -- Spotlight on Emma Barth, P.E.: a typical woman engineer? / Lauren Kata -- Flight path / Betsy Flagler -- Women leaders in engineering societies / Peggy Layne.

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