Carlia S. Westcott

Carlia S. Westcott was the first woman to receive a license in Marine Engineering in the United States, in December 1921. She was highlighted on the cover of The Woman Engineer after the New York Times covered her. She was from Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3][4]

Mrs Carlia S Westcott; first woman in America to be granted a Marine Engineer license

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"SHE URGES WOMEN TO SHOW INGENUITY; Inventive Capabilities Can Be Utilized in Domestic Engineering, Says Mrs. Gwynne-Howell. ON LABOR-SAVING DEVICES Electric Equipment Comes First in the Order of Appliances to Save Lost Motion, She Says. Fields for Women Inventors. Danger of Overdoing. Electrical Equipment First". The New York Times. 29 May 1922.
"Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), December 25, 1921, (SUNDAY MORNING)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Heald, Henrietta (19 September 2019). Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines. Unbound Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78352-679-6.
"American Woman's Success". The Woman Engineer. 1 (10): 138. March 1922.

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[1] "SHE URGES WOMEN TO SHOW INGENUITY; Inventive Capabilities Can Be Utilized in Domestic Engineering, Says Mrs. Gwynne-Howell. ON LABOR-SAVING DEVICES Electric Equipment Comes First in the Order of Appliances to Save Lost Motion, She Says. Fields for Women Inventors. Danger of Overdoing. Electrical Equipment First". The New York Times. 29 May 1922.

[2] "Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), December 25, 1921, (SUNDAY MORNING)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

[3] Heald, Henrietta (19 September 2019). Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines. Unbound Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78352-679-6.

[4] "American Woman's Success". The Woman Engineer. 1 (10): 138. March 1922.