Women and Ideas in Engineering

Laura D. Hahn is the director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Angela S. Wolters is the director of Women in Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

CoverTitleCopyrightContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Engineers Who Happen to Be Women: The First 150 YearsMary Louisa Page and the First Fifty Years: 1867 to 1917The Next Fifty Years: 1918 to 1967The Following Fifty Years: 1968 to 20172. Early Inspiration: Faculty PioneersLouise WoodroofeLorella JonesJudith LiebmanNancy SottosNaira HovakimyanClair SullivanReflections by Jennifer T. Bernhard4. Relentless InnovatorsJoan MitchellJennifer LewisAmy DoroffRosalyn YalowPrincess Imoukhuede6. Touching the SkyBarbara Crawford JohnsonVictoria CoverstoneReflections by Hui Lin Yang7. Women’s Work: ComputingNancy Brazell BrooksHillery HunterParisa TabrizReflections by Cinda HeerenTami BondWomen in Engineers without Borders9. Do Engineers Have to Engineer?Kathryn “Kit” GordonLaurie MorvanReflections by Linda Reinhard10. Mentors and MentoringGrace WilsonGeneva BelfordReflections by Susan M. Larson11. Inspiring the Next GenerationBetty Lou BaileyReflections by Sakshi Srivastava12. Foundations for the FutureAlison DunnYuhang HuShelby HutchensMariana KershKelly StephaniClosingAppendix A. Women Graduates of the College of Engineering, 1867–1917Appendix B. Women Graduates of the College of Engineering, 1917–1967NotesIndex