[Velvet]

So right about women in engineering.

I studied engineering at the university because of my baby sitter. When I was 5 years old she would come after school, skipping happily, to play with me each day. I asked her once why was she so happy? She said because she was studying chemical engineering. I had no idea what that could be at that age but I decided whatever it was that’s what I’m going to study too.

I applied for engineering in the early 70’s. All the letters from the university were addressed to me as “Mr.” and I got admitted to the men’s gym, men’s club etc. When I went to class I was the only female among 60 students. There were 3000 engineering students at my university, only 6 were girls. There was no female washrooms in the buildings etc.
After my degree I went into elementary school teaching.