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Bertha Lamme

Westinghouse's Bertha Lamme Was The Nation's First Female Mechanical Engineer

By Katie Blackley • Jan 29, 2019
Katie Blackley / Courtesy Senator John Heinz History Center

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In 1893, Bertha Lamme became the country’s first female engineer when she took a job at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

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