Girls coming to tech! : a history of American engineering education for women /

Bix, Amy Sue,

Girls coming to tech! : a history of American engineering education for women / Amy Sue Bix. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations. - Engineering studies series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rare invaders: the pre-World War II history of women in American engineering -- World War II: emergency engineering employment training -- New wartime and postwar engineering majors: purdue, RPI, Columbia -- Coeducation via lawsuit: Georgia Tech -- Coeducation for social life: Caltech -- A special case: women at MIT -- Changing the climate.



9781461957249


Women in engineering--History.--United States
Women in higher education--History.--United States
Engineering--Study and teaching--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

TA157 / .G575 2013