Beatrice Alice Hicks (January 2 1919 – October 21 1979) was an American engineer the first woman engineer to be hired by Western Electric and both co-founder and first president of the Society of Women Engineers. Despite entering the field at a time where engineering was seen as an inappropriate career for a woman Hicks held a variety of leadership positions and eventually became the owner of an engineering firm.
birth date
1919-01-02
birth place
Orange New Jersey
death date
1979-10-21
death place
Princeton New Jersey
institution
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology
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