Women Engineering Legends 1952-1976: Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award Recipients /

This book offers a concise history of 25 legendary women who made significant contributions to engineering and were recognized for their work by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) between 1952 and 1976. In addition, the book provides a backdrop of the cultural and technical advances that led up to...

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企業作者: SpringerLink (Online service)
其他作者: Craig, Cecilia D. (Editor), Teig, Holly J. (Editor), Kimberling, Debra A. (Editor), Williams, Janet L. (Editor), Tietjen, Jill S. (Editor), Johnson, Vicki S. (Editor)
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
版:1st ed. 2025.
叢編:Women in Engineering and Science,
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在線閱讀:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00224-2
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書本目錄:
  • Introduction
  • SWE as an organization, formation, Award genesis
  • Section I: 1952 - 1956
  • Before Sputnik Post WWII Influences
  • 1952: Maria Telkes
  • 1953: Elsie Gregory MacGill
  • 1954: Edith Clarke
  • 1955: Margaret Hutchinson
  • 1956: Elise Harmon
  • Section 2: 1957 - 1961
  • Space Race Begins and Aerospace Grows, Electronics Industry forms
  • 1957: Rebecca Sparling
  • 1958: Mabel Rockwell
  • 1959: Desiree le Beau
  • 1960: Esther Conwell
  • 1961: Laurel van der Wal
  • Section 3: 1962 - 1966
  • 1962: Laurence Delisle Pellier
  • 1963: Beatrice Hicks
  • 1964: Grace Murray Hopper
  • 1965: Martha Thomas
  • 1966: Dorothy Martin Simon
  • Section 4: 1967 - 1971
  • Technology Grows, Software Rises, Women's Rights Grow
  • 1967: Marguerite Rogers
  • 1968: Isabella Karle
  • 1969: Alice Stoll
  • 1970: Irmgard Flugge-Lotz
  • 1971: Alva Matthews
  • Section 5: 1972 - 1976
  • Title IX, Personal Computers, Miniaturization
  • 1972: Nancy Fitzroy
  • 1973: Irene Carswell Peden
  • 1974: Barbara Crawford Johnson
  • 1975: Sheila Widnall
  • 1976: Ada Pressman
  • Conclusion.