Carlia S. Westcott

Mrs Carlia S Westcott; first woman in America to be granted a Marine Engineer license

Carlia S. Westcott was an American engineer. She was the first woman to receive a first-of-a-kind license in Marine Engineering in the United States, in December 1921. ^[1] She was highlighted on the cover of The Woman Engineer after the New York Times covered her. She was from Seattle, Washington. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} She was married to the chief engineer of the Cary-Dan's Towing Company who worked on one of the tugboats in the Seattle region. ^[1] Carlia assisted her husband on one of the vessels. There she carried out the tasks of a fireman.

Carlia Westcott took and passed the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, No. 38 test in Seattle, Washington. She went on to complete the U.S. Steamboat Service examination, in which she passed. "Her showing in the examination was as near perfect as it could be", confirmed the supervising inspector. ^[1]

Sources

1. "Women in Transportation History: Carlia S. Westcott, Marine Engineer". Transportation History. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
2. "SHE URGES WOMEN TO SHOW INGENUITY; Inventive Capabilities Can Be Utilized in Domestic Engineering, Says Mrs. Gwynne-Howell. ON LABOR-SAVING DEVICES Electric Equipment Comes First in the Order of Appliances to Save Lost Motion, She Says. Fields for Women Inventors. Danger of Overdoing. Electrical Equipment First". The New York Times. 29 May 1922.
3. "Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), December 25, 1921, (SUNDAY MORNING)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
4. Heald, Henrietta (19 September 2019). Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines. Unbound Publishing. ISBN   978-1-78352-679-6.
5. "American Woman's Success". The Woman Engineer. 1 (10): 138. March 1922.