politicdormouse , 2 months ago

Maria Amélia Chaves (28 January 1911 - 4 May 2017) #Portuguese #civil #engineer. 1st woman civil engineer to graduate from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. #Lisbon 1st Portuguese woman to graduate work in civil engineering, & 1st Portuguese female engineer to work in the field. New #Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Am%C3%A9lia_Chaves
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