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The Women of General Motors - A Century of Art & Engineering (Hardcover)
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The Women of General Motors - A Century of Art & Engineering (Hardcover)
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Contrary to popular opinion, the automotive industry is not a man's
world! Since the early days of General Motors, there have been
womenknown and unknownwho have had vital roles in design,
engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this follow-up
to Damsels in Design, her book on women automotive designers from
1939-1959, Constance Smith presents profiles of and interviews with
more than 100 women who have steered the course of General Motors
for almost 100 years. The women featured include Bonnie Lemm, the
first woman designer-engineer at GM; Helene Rother, the first woman
automobile and transportation designer hired by GM's Styling
Department in the 1940s; Suzanne Vanderbilt, the holder of numerous
industrial design patents and the designer of the first adjustable
lumbar seat supports; Mary Barra, who became GM's CEO in 2014 and
chair in 2016; and many more. Meet these remarkable achievers and
discover how they took on a male-dominated industryand triumphed.
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