Talk on Gender Stereotypes in Engineering on March 20 in Hampton

Dr. Laura Micheletti Puaca, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Program in Women's and Gender Studies at Christopher Newport University will provide an overview of efforts to encourage women in engineering since 1940 on Wednesday, March 20 from 12-1 p.m. Her talk will focus on early efforts to attract U.S. women to engineering, beginning in World War II, and how two decades before the women’s movements of the 1960s,  women and women’s organizations (such as the Society of Women Engineers) campaigned to enhance female participation. The talk is free and open to the public. Bring your lunch. The museum will provide free dessert. For more details, see https://hampton.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3799.