SWE - Spring 2008 - (Page 18) How Well Do You Know the Trailblazers? The following quiz was first printed in the March/April 1993 issue of SWE Magazine’s precursor, U.S. Woman Engineer. omen engineers have been at the forefront of some of the most dynamic and life-changing inventions and innovations in history. Remembering their contributions to society is vital in preserving their legacies and inspiring young girls and women to realize their own potentials. Test your knowledge of some of these remarkable women who can truly be called trailblazers. Match each name with the correct description on the right. Turn to page 20 for the answers and to determine your score. 1. Bertha Lamme 2. Katherine Cleveland Harelson 3. Edith Julie Griswald 4. Kate Gleason 5. Lena Allen Stoiber 6. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Ph.D. 7. Marian Sarah Parker F. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1895, becoming the first woman to receive a B.S.E. in civil engineering. She joined a structural engineering firm in Chicago and later moved with the company to New York City. She had sole responsibility for the complete calculations, foundation, and framing plans for a large office building on lower Broadway. G. This pioneer was the first woman elected as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). She entered Cornell University as the first of the “Sibley Sues,” a nickname given to female students in the university’s Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering. She was the first woman to take a mechanical engineering course at the college. Quiz by Lt. Col. Arminta J. Harness, USAF Ret. SWE past president 1976-78 A. Her international reputation and honors exceed those of any other woman engineer. She was the first woman recipient of the Hoover Medal. She continued the work of her equally famous husband after his death. She was the mother of 12 children. B. She studied both engineering and law and opened a patent law office on lower Broadway in New York City in 1886. She was recognized as both an engineer and a patent law expert in issues of Who’s Who in Engineering of the day. C. This trailblazer graduated from Ohio State University in 1893. She received a degree in mechanical engineering, with a specialty in electrical engineering, earning her the distinction as the first woman in the United States to receive an electrical engineering degree. Following graduation, she joined Westinghouse Electric Corp., where she designed motors. D. She was admitted to the American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers as an associate member in 1894, becoming the first woman to gain membership in an American engineering society. She and her husband owned and operated a silver mine. E. This University of Kentucky alumna was the first to receive the “woman’s badge” of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society. She received the honor 51 years after the society’s founding and 12 years after she graduated from the university in mechanical engineering. 18 SWE SPRING 2008
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