Women in Engineering Program records

The Women in Engineering Program records (1935-2012; 1.85 cubic feet) documents the creation of the program, as well as its activities and successes.  Also included in the collection is information on Dr. Lillian Gilbreth and the first woman to graduate in engineering at Purdue, Martha Dicks Stevens.  The records reflect the growth of the program over the years as well as the substantial increases in the number of women engineers that were attributed to the program.  The collection would be useful to researchers interested in women in STEM and traditionally male fields, women’s history, and the role of public universities in the women’s movement.  The records would also be useful for researchers interested in publicity a/or publications regarding Lillian Gilbreth and her role as a pioneering woman engineer.  The collection is comprised primarily of publicly distributed materials and has little in the way of correspondence or personal papers.  Types of materials include:  brochures, clippings, electronic media, photographs, reports, and speeches.  The records are organized into four series.

Includes annual reports and related materials, statistical data, promotional materials, cultural awareness programs, Engineering Projects in Community Services (EPICS), Exploring Successful Careers at Purdue’s Engineering Schools (ESCAPES), Purdue “Careers in Engineering Day” speeches, Mentoring information, graduate assistantship, 25th anniversary materials, information on first female engineering graduate, Photocopies of information pertaining to Martha Dicks Stevens who received three degrees from Purdue and was the first female graduate in Engineering. Included are copies of her theses, marriage certificate, obituary, etc, Information on first female engineering instructor.

Photocopies of information pertaining to Martha Dicks Stevens who received three degrees from Purdue and was the first female graduate in Engineering. Included are copies of her theses, marriage certificate, obituary, etc.

Includes clippings, The Feminengineer, Purdue University Womengineer 1974, miscellaneous Purdue publications, Non Purdue publications.

Includes female students, students, faculty, staff, and mentor photos, staff and students, contact sheets and negatives, Students, staff, mentors, and mentees, mentors, staff, and students (contains electronic media), unidentified miscellaneous photos.