. . "Hicks, Beatrice Alice"@en . . . "1919Z"^^ . "1979-10-21Z"^^ . "American engineer" . "Beatrice Hicks"@en . "1919-01-02Z"^^ . "1979Z"^^ . "Beatrice Alice Hicks (January 2, 1919 \u2013 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."@en .