sweorghistory: Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section members at the 1952 Centennial of Engineering joint convention of the Western Society of Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers in Chicago, Illinois. Image ID: AV10308

sweorghistory: Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section members at the 1952 Centennial of Engineering joint convention of the Western Society of Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers in Chicago, Illinois. Image ID: AV10308

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