Center for Information on Women in Engineering records, 1944-1993 and undated (bulk 1985-1990).

Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Information on Women in Engineering

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The Center for Information on Women in Engineering, an institution jointly sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers and the Georgia Institute of Technology, was formed to create a biographical database of women engineers and to collect the papers of prominent women in engineering. The Center remained in operation from 1986 to 1990. From the description of Center for Information on Women in Engineering records, 1944-1993 and undated (bulk 1985-1990). (Georgia Institute of Technolog...

Drake, Miriam A.

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Miriam A. Drake (born 1936) was appointed Dean of the Library at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 and remained in that position until her retirement in 2001. From the description of Rent-A-Kid photographs, undated (ca. 1985-1986). (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 76755063 ...

Garfinkle, Gail.

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Society of Women Engineers

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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. Dr. Beatrice A. Hicks was elected p...