Thread by @chronicleflask

For #WorldEngineeringDay and with #InternationalWomensDay coming up, here’s a thread of five female engineers #WomenInSTEM 🧵 🪡

(By the way, #TransWomenAreWomen)

Edith Clarke was the first woman to be awarded an electrical engineering degree from MIT, and the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the US. She worked on the hydroelectric systems that, to this day, provide hydropower at the West Hoover Dam.

Mary Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer at NACA, later to become NASA. She was NASA's first Black female engineer. She particularly worked in understanding air flow, including thrust and drag forces—important for aircraft design.

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. She’s famous for developing a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes in WWII. The principles of her work have been incorporated into modern Bluetooth and GPS technology.

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha was India’s first female engineer, graduating from the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in 1943. She designed substation layouts and transmission lines for India’s largest dam: the Bhakra Nangal Dam.

Lynn Conway is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender activist. She developed a system used by modern computer processors to improve performance, and has worked in microchip design. In 2020, IBM apologised for firing Conway in 1968 for being trans.

That’s one reply hidden and reported and the poster blocked. I will do the same with any other anti-trans content I see. Don’t waste your time.