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Elmina Wilson - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Elmina Wilson
- Elmina Wilson (1870–1918) was the first American woman to complete a four-year degree in civil engineering.
- She went on to earn the first master's degree in the field and then became the first woman professor to teach engineering at Iowa State University (ISU).
- Her first project was as an assistant on the design of the Marston Water Tower on the ISU campus.
- After teaching for a decade at the school, she moved to New York City to enter private practice.
- Wilson worked with the James E.
- Brooks Company, skyscraper design firm Purdy and Henderson, and the John Severn Brown Company.
