Society of Women Engineers, Detroit Chapter records, 1952-1991.

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Society of Women Engineers, Detroit Chapter records, 1952-1991.

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, organizational publications, achievement awards, and other materials related to the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

4.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Early organization of SWE began with student groups at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia and Cooper Union and City College of New York in New York City in the late 1940s. World War II provided greater opportunity for women to pursue engineering careers. Early pioneers in this area were: Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, Alice Goff and Hilda Counts Edgecomb. In 1950, the first national convention was held at Cooper Union in New Jersey. In 1952, the Detroit Chapter was es...