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Beatrice Hicks

1919 - 1979

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Beatrice Alice Hicks (January 2, 1919 – October 21, 1979) was an American engineer, the first woman engineer to be hired by Western Electric, and both co-founder and first president of the Society of Women Engineers. Despite entering the field at a time where engineering was seen as an inappropriate career for a woman, Hicks held a variety of leadership positions and eventually became the owner of an engineering firm. During her time there, Hicks developed a gas density switch that would be used in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatrice Hicks has received more than 88,803 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Hicks is the 374th most popular engineer, the 14,222nd most popular biography from United States and the 46th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 89k

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  • 46.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Beatrice Hicks ranks 374 out of 389. Before her are Tom Kilburn, Charles Ingram, John Rennie the Elder, Naoki Hattori, Peter Hirsch, and Thomas Sopwith. After her are Henry M. Morris, Brian McGuire, Nicholas Tombazis, James Key, Ted Jensen, and Matthias Ettrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Beatrice Hicks ranks 354. Before her are Mary Beth Hughes, Janet Waldo, Stanley Middleton, Wally Hickel, Chuck Stevenson, and Howard Morris. After her are Steve Brodie, Andy Rooney, Beryl Reid, Wilfred Jacobs, Es'kia Mphahlele, and Doris Singleton. Among people deceased in 1979, Beatrice Hicks ranks 300. Before her are Nicholas Monsarrat, Frank Fredrickson, Vladimir Fyodorov, Allen Tate, Dick Foran, and Dorothy Peterson. After her are Doris Kenyon, James T. Farrell, William Gargan, and Scott Vincent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beatrice Hicks ranks 14,222 out of 20,380. Before her are Loretta Lynch (1959), Frank Carlson (1893), Monique Coleman (1980), Steven Hawley (1951), Sean Patrick Thomas (1970), and Gabby Giffords (1970). After her are Juice Wrld (1998), Joely Fisher (1967), Deval Patrick (1956), Ben Nelson (1941), Mark Arm (1962), and Robby Benson (1956).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Beatrice Hicks ranks 46. Before her are Sidney Darlington (1906), Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), Gordon Bell (1934), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), and David S. Johnson (1945). After her are Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), Jonathan James (1983), Randall Munroe (1984), and Alia Sabur (1989).

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