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SUMMARY:Bridge Builder in Petticoats: Emily Warren Roebling
DESCRIPTION:She was called “one of the most noted women in the country” 
 and “the most famous woman in New Jersey”…yet today few people even 
 know her name!\n\nOn December 12\, 1881\, people in New York City would 
 have witnessed a strange sight. High above the East River\, a line of men 
 in business suits were cautiously walking along a narrow path of wooden 
 boards laid down across the open steel frame of a huge unfinished bridge. 
 Strangest of all\, the line was led by a woman\, her long skirt billowing 
 in the wind as she showed them details of the construction. When they 
 reached the New York side\, everyone toasted her with champagne. It was the 
 first official crossing of what would be called the Brooklyn 
 Bridge.\n\nMany books and films have featured the Brooklyn Bridge and 
 millions of people have crossed it. Built between 1869 and 1883\, without 
 modern machines or even electric light\, it was the one of the most amazing 
 technological achievements of its time. Yet few people know that a woman 
 helped supervise much of its construction.\n\nAfter her husband became 
 bedridden\, Emily Roebling became his liaison to the project – eventually 
 communicating with the engineers and suppliers so well that it was rumored 
 that she had become the Chief Engineer herself! Later she helped design the 
 family mansion in Trenton\, studied law\, organized relief for returning 
 troops from the Spanish American War\, attended the coronation of the Tsar 
 of Russia and even took tea with Queen Victoria…\n\nPresenter: Carol 
 Simon Levin.
LOCATION:Liss Meeting Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Robin Carroll Mann":MAILTO:Rcm@summitlibrary.org
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CONTACT;CN="Robin Carroll Mann":MAILTO:Rcm@summitlibrary.org
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