Hilary Kahn
Pioneering software engineer who laid the basis for CAD for engineers of today.
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Ray Strachey
Started out to be an engineer but spent most of her life campaigning for women’s rights.
Ilse Ter Meer
German mechanical engineer
Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo
Chemical engineer and Portuguese politician. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal, albeit for only 100 days, in 1979.
Marjem Chatterton
Structural engineer and pioneer in the then newly-emerging nations of Israel and Zimbabwe, as well as an early female engineer in her field.
Lettice Curtis
Pioneering British commercial pilot and aeronautical engineer.
Rita De Morais Sarmento
Rita de Morais Sarmento was the first woman in Europe to obtain an engineering degree and professional certification, in 1894
Sabiha Gürayman
Turkey’s first woman engineer
Alice Tredwell
Railway contractor
Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha
India’s first female electrical engineering professional.