Nora Stanton Barney

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Nora Stanton Barney
suffragist
Spouses
Lee De Forest
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(m. 1908; div. 1911)​
Morgan Barney
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(m. 1919; died 1943)​
Children2
Parent
  • Harriot Eaton Stanton (mother)
RelativesElizabeth Cady Stanton (grandmother)
Henry Brewster Stanton (grandfather)

Nora Stanton Barney (née Blatch; September 30, 1883 – January 18, 1971) was an English-born American civil engineer, and suffragist. Barney was among the first women to graduate with an engineering degree in the United States. Given an ultimatum to either stay a wife or practice engineering she chose engineering. She was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[1]

Early life

She was born Nora Stanton Blatch in

Harriot Eaton Stanton, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She studied Latin and mathematics at the Horace Mann School in New York, beginning in 1897, returning to England in the summers. The family moved to the United States in 1902. Nora attended Cornell University, graduating in 1905 with a degree in civil engineering. She was Cornell University's first female engineering graduate.[2] In the same year, she was the first woman admitted[3] (accepted as a junior member) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She also began work for the New York City Board of Water Supply[4][5] and for the American Bridge Company in 1905–06.[6]

Following the examples set by her mother and grandmother, Nora also became active in the growing women's suffrage movement. She was the first female member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, where she was allowed to be a junior member only and denied advancement to associate member in 1916 solely because of her gender. At the time, women were only admitted as junior members. In 1916, she sued the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for refusing to admit her as a full member, even though she met all requirements. Blatch lost, and no woman became a full ASCE member for a decade.[2] In 2015, she was posthumously advanced to ASCE Fellow status.[7]

Marriage to Lee de Forest

Barney when she was younger

In 1908, she married the inventor

New York State Public Service Commission.[12]

Later life

In 1919, Nora married Morgan Barney, a marine architect.

social activist. Rhoda died August 25, 2007, in Greenwich.[13] Nora continued to work for equal rights for women and world peace, and in 1944 authored World Peace Through a People's Parliament.[14]

Nora worked as a

real-estate developer and political activist until her death in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 18, 1971.[1] She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy, Bronx NY with Memorial ID 92785151.[15]

References

  1. ^
    New York Times
    . 20 January 1971.
  2. ^ a b Pioneering women in STEM www.nsf.gov, accessed 28 February 2020
  3. ^ Hatch, S. (2006). Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers. Reston VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. p. 195.
  4. ^ Danuta Bois. "Nora Stanton Blatch Barney profile". Distinguished Women of Past and Present. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Nora Stanton Blatch profile". IEEE Global History Network. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  6. ^ Nora Stanton Blatch Barney American civil engineer and architect www.britannica.com, accessed 28 February 2020
  7. ^ "ASCE Recognizes Stanton Blatch Barney; Pioneering Civil Engineer, Suffragist". ASCE News. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  8. ISBN 978-1-61530-745-6
    . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  9. New York Times
    . 22 October 1932. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  10. ISBN 978-0-87436-740-9
    . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  11. ISBN 978-0-8240-5306-2
    .
  12. ^ Harackiewicz, Frances J.; Chevalier, Lizette R.; Palmer, Stan C. (6 August 2001). "Notable Engineers: A Project Book" (PDF). www.ineer.org. p. 6B7-6. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Rhoda Jenkins Obituary (2007)". Legacy.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Nora Stanton Blatch Barney profile". Distinguished Women of Past and Present. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  15. ISBN 9781445684727

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