American Society of Civil Engineers: Illinois' First Licensed Female Structural Engineer Dies at 97
March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020
RESTON, Virginia, March 24 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news:
Frances "Frankie" Barnett, the first woman to be licensed in Illinois as a structural engineer, has died at 97.
A Life Member of ASCE, Barnett was one of two female engineering graduates in 1944 at the University of Colorado. From there, she began her career with Boeing in Seattle, as well as get married.
Having settled in Chicago after the war, in 195 . . .
Frances "Frankie" Barnett, the first woman to be licensed in Illinois as a structural engineer, has died at 97.
A Life Member of ASCE, Barnett was one of two female engineering graduates in 1944 at the University of Colorado. From there, she began her career with Boeing in Seattle, as well as get married.
Having settled in Chicago after the war, in 195 . . .