A page of a scrapbook made by the University of Illinois College of Engineering which contains three articles from the Daily Illini newspaper about the Pratt and Whitney aircraft scholarship program being offered to cover the costs of a training program being offered by the University of Illinois Engineering Department to train young women to take over positions being left vacant by men going to war.
A report written by Stephanie Ball detailing the results found by the Dean’s Student Advisory Committee convened by Dean William Schowalter to study the environment for undergraduate women in the College of Engineering.
Erma Scott Bridgewater (1913-2013) was a member of the Class of 1937. She joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Erma said she experienced discrimination as an African-American student. Also, Erma said that she did not have a lot of financial difficulty during the Depression.
A report written by the Committee on the Status of Women Graduate Students and Faculty in the College of Engineering convened by Dean William Schowalter.
