Kate Gleason
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Catherine Anselm Gleason was an American engineer and businesswoman known for her accomplishments in the field of engineering and for her philanthropy. Starting at a young age, she managed several rol
Gleason circa 1890–1910
Memorial in East Rochester, New York
Gravestone in Riverside Cemetery
Lydia Weld
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Lydia "Rose" Gould Weld was one of the first women to graduate with an engineering degree from any college in the United States and the first in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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…Deutscher Ingenieure. In 1914, she became the first woman elected to membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, followed shortly after by Lydia Weld. Gleason represented the society at the World Conference on Power in Germany in 1930. For her work in construction, she also became the first female…
Lydia Weld