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Women think that an engineer is a man in hip boots building a dam. They don't realize that 95 percent of engineering is done in a nice air-conditioned office.

Beatrice Hicks

Beatrice Hicks

Beatrice Hicks

Born: January 2, 1919

Died: October 21, 1979 (aged 60)

Bio: Beatrice Alice Hicks was an American engineer, the first woman engineer to be hired by Western Electric, and both co-founder and first president of the Society of Women Engineers.

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