GineersNow Engineering Magazine November 2016 Issue No 009

Ellen Swallow
Richards
(1842 – 1911) Ellen
Swallow Richards was
an American pioneer in
engineering. She was
the first woman ever
to be admitted into a
school of science and
technology she was also
the first woman to earn
a degree in chemistry.
She was a key founder
of environmental
engineering. Her
contribution in the field
of civil engineering is
her efforts in research
on soil quality.
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Dr John Job Crew
Bradfield
1867 – 1943 Dr John
Job Crew Bradfield is a
prominent Australian
engineer who
supervised the design
and construction of
the famous and iconic
Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Emily Warren
Roebling
1843 –1903 Emily
Warren Roebling is
considered as the
world’s first female field
engineer. She is known
for her contribution to
the completion of the
famous Brooklyn Bridge
after her husband,
Washington Roebling,
had developed caisson
disease. Her husband
was a civil engineer,
as well as the Chief
Engineer during the
construction of the
Brooklyn Bridge. Emily,
who studied alongside
her husband and
capable of the task
at hand, took over as
chief field engineer of
the construction of the
Brooklyn Bridge.
William LeBaron
Jenney
1832 – 1907 William
LeBaron Jenney, an
American architect
and engineer, is wellknown
for building the
first skyscraper in the
year 1884. He became
to be known as the
Father of the American
Skyscraper.
In the year 1998, he
was ranked as number
89 in the book “1,000
Years, 1,000 People:
Ranking the Men and
Women Who Shaped
the Millennium”.
Catherine Anselm
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"Kate" Gleason
1865 – 1933 Catherine
Anselm "Kate"
Gleason was an
American engineer
and entrepreneur who
is known for being an
accomplished woman
in the engineering
field where males
were dominant.
She is responsible
for inventing massproduced,
low cost
housing built out of
concrete.
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