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85% neutral pov

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no extensive details, referred in first-person pov ("...we know that the Michigan women had organized a group in 1914...")

Under "Antecedents"

"The SWE Archives contain a series of letters from the Elsie Eaves Papers (bequeathed to the Society), which document how in 1919, a group of women at the University of Colorado helped establish a small community of women with an engineering or science background. While this organization did not grow, it did set the foundation for the development of the Society of Women Engineers . This group included Lou Alta Melton, Hilda Counts and Elsie Eaves. These young women wrote letters to engineering schools across the nation, asking for information on women engineering students and graduates." EDIT PUBLISHED

They found 63 female engineering students at 20 universities, 43 of those at the University of Michigan alone. The women in Michigan had organized a group in 1914, called the T-Square Society, although it was not clear if this group was a business, honorary, or social organization. It was proposed as a safe space for women to share and collaborate their ideas comfortably ." EDIT PUBLISHED

- Look up: Hazel Quick and Hilda Counts; good to add citations here.

"Some responses were supportive of women in engineering, but not of a separate society. Many of the women contacted as a result of the inquiries wrote about their support for such an organization. Besides the Hazel Quick letter from Michigan, there was a reply from Alice Goff, expressing her support of the idea of a society for women in engineering and architecture, "Undoubtedly an organization of such a nature would be of great benefit to all members, especially to those just entering the profession.""

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"The SWE Archives contain a series of letters from the Elsie Eaves Papers (bequeathed to the Society), which document how in 1919, a group of women at the University of Colorado helped establish a small community of women with an engineering or science background. While this organization was recognized within the campus community, it did set the foundation for the development of the Society of Women Engineers. This group included Lou Alta Melton, Hilda Counts, and Elsie Eaves. The women wrote letters to engineering schools across the nation, asking for information on female engineering students and graduates. They received responses from 139 women in 23 universities . They also received many negative responses from schools that did not admit women into their engineering programs. From the University of North Carolina, Thorndike Saville, Associate Professor of Sanitary Engineering wrote: "I would state that we have not now, have never had, and do not expect to have in the near future, any women students registered in our engineering department ." Some responses were supportive of women in engineering, but not of a separate society.

Many of the women contacted as a result of the inquiries wrote about their support for such an organization. Besides the Hazel Quick letter from Michigan, there was a reply from Alice Goff, expressing her support of the idea of a society for women in engineering and architecture, "Undoubtedly an organization of such a nature would be of great benefit to all members, especially to those just entering the profession." The women in Michigan organized a group in 1914 called the T-Square Society. Although it was not clear if this group was a business, honorary, or social organization, it was proposed as a safe space for women to share and collaborate their ideas comfortably."

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- Look up: Alice Groff

"Its mission statement, adopted in 1986, is to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, demonstrate the value of diversity." The organization was open to every gender and background in an effort to support and promote diversity. SWE includes all STEM majors even though it is predominately engineering based. " EDIT PUBLISHED