page_title: Bertha Lamme Feicht
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Bertha Lamme Feicht / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: 1892 Bertha Lamme at drawing table with compass
context_page_description: Bertha Lamme Feicht was an American engineer. In 1893, she became the first woman to receive a degree in engineering from the Ohio State University. She is considered to be the first American woman to graduate in a main discipline of engineering other than civil engineering.
context_section_description: Some of her personal effects, including her slide rule, T-square, and diploma, are housed in the collections of the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. 
  The Westinghouse Educational Foundation, in conjunction with the Society of Women Engineers, created a scholarship named for her in 1973.
caption: 1892 Bertha Lamme at drawing table with compass
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