WOMAN ENGINEER
FRANCE LEADS THE WAY.
Mademoiselle Marie-Louise Paris, the first woman engineer in France and the first woman to construct an aeroplane, is the directress of a technical high school for girls. She founded the school in 1925. She knew from her own experience that the usual technical colleges were run mainly for men. She therefore decided to institute a college where capable girls who wanted to take up positions in industry could receive a thorough training. The technical high school for girls admits only a few girls every year, so that there are not more girls trained than industry can absorb. At an average there are 15 to 20 girls leaving the school every year. They are all found suitable positions. After three years 1 time most girls leave the college with a diploma equal to that of an engineer. Industrial branches which employ the most women and girls on their technical staffs are the metal industry, telephone, telegraph, and sound film companies. “The female engineer does not work as the competitor but as the assistant and comrade of the man,” says Mlle. Paris.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 8
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186WOMAN ENGINEER Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 8
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