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Elsie Eaves

Elsie Eaves, American engineer (died 1983)

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Born
May 5, 1898
Died
March 27, 1983
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1898

About Elsie Eaves

Elsie Eaves 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. In 1926 Eaves started working for McGraw-Hill in New York City for the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Department. 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.

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Elsie Eaves timeline

  1. 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.
  2. In 1926 Eaves started working for McGraw-Hill in New York City for the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Department.

The world when Elsie Eaves was born

Elsie Eaves was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Elsie Eaves's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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