num_pages: 32
description: The Brooklyn Bridge the iconic suspension bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn was completed in 1883. It is thanks to Emily Warren Roebling that the bridge was finished at all.Emily was not an engineer but she was educated in math and science. She married Washington Roebling the chief engineer of the famous bridge. When Washington became ill from decompression sickness Emily stepped in doing everything from keeping the books to carrying messages for her husband to monitoring the construction of the bridge. She was the first person to cross the Brooklyn Bridge when it opened.Emily who went on to study law among many other accomplishments is an inspiration to all as demonstrated through Frieda Wishinskys informative and engaging text and Natalie Nelsons distinctive collage illustrations. Speech bubbles revealing imagined dialogue add a playful note to this historical account which includes fascinating facts about the Brooklyn Bridge and a further reading list.
language: English
title: How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
publisher: Groundwood Books