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Current Lead: Olive Wetzel Dennis (November 20, 1885 – November 5, 1957) was an engineer whose design innovations changed the nature of railway travel. Born in Thurlow, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Baltimore.

Changes to lead: Olive Wetzel Dennis (November 20, 1885 - November 5, 1957) was an American civil engineer whose design innovations changed the nature of railway travel in the twentieth century. Dennis was a civil engineer when few women pursued that line of work. She was the second woman to graduate from Cornell University (class of 1921) with a civil engineering degree. (need citation) Working for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), she was the first person to hold the title, "Engineer of Service." (need citation) Reclining seats, foot rests, and stain-resistant fabric for seats were among the ideas Dennis implemented to make railroad travel more comfortable. In 1927, she patented a passenger window ventilator with screens designed to keep out cinders. (need citation) Olive Dennis put her design skills to work in 1947 when she designed a locomotive, the Cincinnatian.Paragraph: Set the style of your text. For example, make a header or plain paragraph text. You can also use it to offset block quotes.

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