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Josephine Webb
1918-06-21 – 2017-05-04
Life & Legacy
Josephine Webb (June 21, 1918 – May 4, 2017) was an American electrical engineer who obtained two patents for oil circuit breaker contact design, known colloquially as "switchgear". She designed an eighteen-inch, full newspaper size fax machine with superior resolution. She co-founded Webb Consulting Company with her husband, also an electrical engineer. She was one of the first female electrical engineers, and considered a pioneer by the Society of Women Engineers. At Purdue University, she was one out of a total of five women engineers.
Occupation & Career
inventor, engineer
Education
Kenmore High School; Purdue University; Carnegie Institute of Technology
Legacy Highlights
Employer
North Idaho College · Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Education & Institutions
Carnegie Institute of Technology · Kenmore High School · Purdue University
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q16930461 — wikidata View source
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