Elisa Bachofen

Elisa Beatriz Bachofen was the first female civil engineer in Latin America.[1][2]

Biography

Bachofen was born in Buenos Aries in 1891. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aries in 1918. Her thesis was on the manufacturing of cotton yarns and fabrics.[2]

She chaired the Technical Commission of the Circle of Inventors founded in 1922, and the Argentine Association of Scientific and Technical Libraries. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Business and Professional Women

Along with her academic achievements she was also active in the National Feminist Union, together with activists such as Alicia Moreau de Justo and Julieta Lanteri. [1]

She died on the 19th of November 1976.

See also
  • Justicia Acuña -- first Chilean woman graduated as a civil engineer in 1919.

References
  1. "Elisa Bachofen: ingeniera y feminista en la Argentina de 1918". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  2. Boggi, Silvina (1531951787). "POR QUÉ ELISA BEATRIZ BACHOFEN | (1891 – 1976)". PAGINA12. Retrieved 2020-01-13. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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