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Beatrice Hicks

1919 - 1979

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Beatrice Alice Hicks (January 2, 1919 – October 21, 1979) was an American engineer, the first woman engineer to be hired by Western Electric, and both co-founder and first president of the Society of Women Engineers. Despite entering the field at a time where engineering was seen as an inappropriate career for a woman, Hicks held a variety of leadership positions and eventually became the owner of an engineering firm. During her time there, Hicks developed a gas density switch that would be used in the U.S. space program, including the Apollo Moon landing missions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Hicks is the 329th most popular engineer (up from 374th in 2019), the 9,469th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,221st in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Beatrice Hicks ranks 329 out of 389. Before her are Pavel Solovyov, Mario Theissen, Louis Armand, Leon O. Chua, Franciszek Rychnowski, and Othmar Ammann. After her are Aldo Costa, Ove Arup, Jesse Ramsden, Verghese Kurien, John Monash, and Da-Wen Sun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Beatrice Hicks ranks 294. Before her are Jorge de Sena, Kim Ki-young, Strother Martin, David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, Leopold Neumer, and Erik Elmsäter. After her are George E. P. Box, Marge Champion, Hans Klenk, Nina Dumbadze, Eric Thompson, and Fenny Heemskerk. Among people deceased in 1979, Beatrice Hicks ranks 237. Before her are Klaus Egge, Blas de Otero, Van McCoy, Fred Akuffo, Hans Liesche, and Heinz Pollay. After her are John Norton, Jan Pijnenburg, Hans Scherfig, Ben Lyon, Elizabeth Ryan, and Wálter Guimarães.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beatrice Hicks ranks 9,471 out of 20,380. Before her are Vitamin C (1972), Harvey Korman (1927), Tom M. Apostol (1923), Pete Wilson (1933), George Moscone (1929), and Alexis Arquette (1969). After her are Roland Burris (1937), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Robert Stangland (1881), David Koepp (1963), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), and Nestor Serrano (1955).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Beatrice Hicks ranks 38. Before her are Kenneth Nichols (1907), Robert H. Dennard (1932), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Sidney Darlington (1906), Preston Tucker (1903), and Gordon Bell (1934). After her are Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), T. Keith Glennan (1905), Chuck Peddle (1937), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), Tom Dowd (1925), and Robert Zubrin (1952).

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