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2022-12-30 20:00 UTC
Yvonne Madelaine Brill studied Chemistry and Math at the University of Manitoba. She wanted to study engineering, but women weren't allowed at the time.
She initially worked at Douglass Aircraft. By the mid-40s, she was believed to be the only woman in the US working as a rocket scientist. (At least, that’s the claim in this 2013 obituary in the Toronto Sun.)
https://torontosun.com/2013/03/30/pioneer-canadian-rocket-scientist-dead-at-age-88
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@mcnees@mastodon.social 2022-12-30 20:04
Brill took time off to raise her children, then returned to work in 1966, when she joined RCA Astro Electronics in Princeton. In an interview with the Society of Women Engineers she recalled many of the challenges she faced. https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Yvonne_Brill