Elizabeth Bragg

Elizabeth Bragg (April 23, 1858 – November 10, 1929) was the first woman to earn a civil engineering degree from an American university.

Elizabeth Bragg
Born(1858-04-23)April 23, 1858
San Francisco, California, US
DiedNovember 10, 1929(1929-11-10) (aged 71)
Burial placeColma, California, US
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
OccupationCivil engineer
Known forFirst woman to receive a civil engineering degree from an American university
SpouseGeorge Cumming

Biography

Elizabeth Bragg was born into a wealthy family in San Francisco on April 23 1858. In her youth she showed great aptitude for mathematics and attended the high school that prepared students for the University of California at Berkeley.[1]

Bragg received her degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1876.[2][3][4][5] Her thesis considered A Solution of a Peculiar Problem of Surveying.[1] After graduating, she became a teacher until her marriage[6] to George Cumming in 1888, a civil engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and they had three sons.[7]

Elizabeth Bragg Cumming died on 10 November 1929 age 71.

See also

References
  1. "Episode 04: Elizabeth Bragg Cumming". She Builds Podcast. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. Staff Writers. "10 Female Engineers Who Helped Pave the Way - BachelorsDegreeOnline.com". BachelorsDegreeOnline.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. "History of Women Engineers". All Together. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. Rankin-Perez, Julie (23 December 2014). "What's it like to be a woman working in the energy industry?". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. LeBold; LeBold, William K; Dona J (March 1998). "Women engineers: A historical perspective". ASEE Prism. 7.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Reggev, Kate (2021-08-17). "Then in Infrastructure: The "Facile Fingers" Of Early Female Engineers". Madame Architect. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  7. "The first lady of structural engineering - Civil + Structural Engineer magazine". Civil + Structural Engineer magazine. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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