Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge

Kids, Technology, How Things Work/Are Made, People and Places, History, Biography, Non-Fiction
Cover of the book Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty, Roaring Brook Press
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Author: Rachel Dougherty ISBN: 9781250246356
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Publication: February 19, 2019
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press Language: English
Author: Rachel Dougherty
ISBN: 9781250246356
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication: February 19, 2019
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English

On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap.

It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well.

When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know:

math,
science,
engineering.

Women weren't supposed to be engineers.

But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world.

This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge, from author-illustrator Rachel Dougherty.

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On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap.

It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well.

When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know:

math,
science,
engineering.

Women weren't supposed to be engineers.

But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world.

This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge, from author-illustrator Rachel Dougherty.

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