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Business 100 Winter issue 2025 Trailblazer

Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead ­of Her Time

By Ray Cavanaugh

Winter 2025

January 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Even in recent decades, women engineers have at times felt like they’re trying to make it in an “old boy’s club.” But back in the era of Kate Gleason, a woman with engineering knowledge was remarkably rare.  Gleason was born in Rochester, New York, on Nov. 24, 1865. According to findagrave.com, her father, William Gleason, was from Tipperary, and her mother, Ellen Gleason née … [Read more...] about Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead ­of Her Time

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