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Dale DeBakcsy
Aug 17
The Electric Home: Caroline Haslett and the Rise of the Women's Engineering Society.
1919 was a year of promise born of misery. Between the ravages of influenza and the indiscriminate trench carnage of the First World...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Jan 21
Naval Engineer Raye Montague and the Tale of the World’s First Computer-Designed Naval Vessel.
In March 1971, a computer science whiz with an unlikely background was given six months to complete a seemingly impossible project for...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Jan 3
Caged By War: The Abbreviated Life of Aeronautical Engineer and Test Pilot Countess Melitta von Stauffenberg
The last decade of Countess Melitta von Stauffenberg's life was ringed by impossible decisions, choices that you and I will never...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Nov 6, 2023
A Bigger Boom: Mary Sherman Morgan, the World's First Woman Rocket Scientist.
On October 4, 1957, the United States received the greatest single blow to its prestige since the burning of the White House in 1814 with...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Nov 4, 2023
Hedy Lamarr: The Movie Star Who Invented Bluetooth… in 1942.
A movie star. An avant-garde composer. A radio-controlled torpedo. Wi-Fi. One of the unfortunate truths about our web of modern...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Oct 14, 2023
The Lady of the Engine Room: Victoria Drummond, Britain’s First Woman Marine Engineer.
It is August 25, 1940, and the Panamanian ship Bonita, sailing alone in war-torn waters with its cargo of clay bound for the United...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Sep 19, 2023
Engineering at the Epicenter: Ruth Gordon Schnapp, California's First Woman Structural Engineer.
In the year 1933, the Long Beach Earthquake bore down on Southern California with the fury of revelation. At 6.4, it was not the largest...
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Dale DeBakcsy
May 31, 2023
Biplanes, Airships, and Submarines: A Talk with Dr. Nina Baker About the Legacy of Hilda Lyon.
One of the great things about writing this column is the fact that, from time to time, I get to talk with remarkable people about other...
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