About Elsie Eaves
Elsie Eaves (May 5, 1898 – March 27, 1983) was a pioneering American female engineer. She was the first female associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the first female member of the American Association of Cost Engineers (now AACE International; the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering). == Early life and education == Eaves was born in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and earned her civil engineering degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1920. In 1918, Eaves was elected as the first female president of the school’s student engineering society, the Combined Engineers, such an unusual occurrence that the news received national coverage in engineering publications. She supported Lou Alta Melton and Hilda Counts in creating the American Society of Women Engineers and Architects in 1919. At the age of 22, she was the first woman to earn a degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Eaves began her engineering experience before she received her university degree. == Career == Eaves was a draftsman for the United States Bureau of Public Roads in Denver, Colorado, and then the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company. She joined the Women's Engineering Society (at the time the only organisation for women engineers in the world) in 1925, and continued as a member throughout her career. In 1926 Eaves started working for McGraw-Hill in New York City for the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Department.
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