Beatrice Hicks in 1950s B&W headshot photo
Beatrice Hicks US #engineer. 1st #WomanEngineer hired by Western Electric, later owner of engineering firm. 1950 co-founder of 1st president Soc of Women Engineers. Developed gas density switch used in US space program, incl Apollo moon landings. b. #OTD Jan 2 1919 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...