Josephine Webb
American electrical engineer (1918–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Josephine Webb (June 21, 1918 – 2017) was an American electrical engineer who obtained two patents for oil circuit breaker contact design, known colloquially as "switchgear".[1] 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.
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Josephine Webb | |
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Born | Josephine Rohas (1918-06-21)June 21, 1918 Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. |
Died | 2017 (aged 99) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Purdue University |
Occupation(s) | Inventor, electrical engineer |
Spouse | Herbert Webb |
Children | Two daughters |
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