Josephine Webb

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Josephine Webb
Born
Josephine Rohas

(1918-06-21)June 21, 1918
Died2017 (aged 99)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPurdue University
Occupation(s)Inventor, electrical engineer
SpouseHerbert Webb
ChildrenTwo daughters

Josephine Webb (June 21, 1918 – 2017) was an American electrical engineer. She was known as "switchgear".[1] She designed an eighteen-inch, full newspaper size fax machine with superior resolution.

Webb 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.

Webb died in 2017, at the age of 99.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPHINE WEBB, BY LAUREN KATA, MARCH 2 & 3, 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. "From circuit breakers to quantum photonics: the impact of women in Purdue Electrical and Computer Engineering". Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2024-04-08.