Women Engineers Moved the Motor City:

Female Automotive Pioneers in Detroit

This session highlights the careers of pioneering women in automotive engineering: Virginia Sink, the first woman engineer at Chrysler in 1936; Ann Fletcher, a WWII-trained engineer and Ford draftsman; Helma Fuhrmann, a WWII draftsman turned Detroit Diesel engineer; and Lucille Pieti, a mechanical engineer and Plymouth spokeswoman.