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Elizabeth Bragg
Born 23 April 1858
San Francisco, California
Died 10 November 1929
Burial place Colma, California
Nationality American
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Occupation Civil engineer
Known for First woman to receive a civil engineering degree from an American university
Spouse(s) George Cumming

Elizabeth Bragg (1858 – 1929) was the first woman to earn a civil engineering degree from an American university.

Biography

Elizabeth Bragg received her degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1876. Bragg married George Cumming in 1888, a civil engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and they had three sons.

Elizabeth Bragg Cumming died on 10 November 1929, and is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California.

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