Josephine Webb

American electrical engineer

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

Josephine Webb
Born
Josephine Rohas

(1918-06-21) June 21, 1918 (age 105)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPurdue University
Occupation(s)Inventor, electrical engineer
SpouseHerbert Webb
ChildrenTwo daughters

Webb co-founded Webb Consulting Company with her husband, also an electrical engineer. She is 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.

References change

  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.