Elizabeth Bragg (April 23, 1858November 10, 1929) was the first woman to earn a civil engineering degree from an American university.

Early life and education

Elizabeth Bragg was born into a wealthy family in San Francisco on April 23 1858. In her youth she showed great aptitude for mathematics and attended the high school that prepared students for the University of California at Berkeley. Bragg received her degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1876. Her thesis considered ''A Solution of a Peculiar Problem of Surveying''.

Personal life

After graduating, she became a teacher until her marriage to George Cumming in 1888, a civil engineer with the

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and they had three sons. Elizabeth Bragg Cumming died on 10 November 1929 age 71.

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