Elizabeth Bragg Cumming

1858 - 1929

Civil Engineering

USA USA

Born: 1858

Died: 1929

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

UC Berkeley Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering 1876

Field of Study: Civil Engineering

Institution/Corporation: None found

Degrees & Memberships: None found

Awards: None found

Achievements: first woman to receive a degree in civil engineering from an American university;

born to a wealthy family in San Francisco, California

was good in math & allowed to attend the high school that prepared students for the University of California Berkeley

taught until her marriage in 1888

retired to be a stay at home mother & raise her 3 sons

never worked as an engineer