Kate Gleason

凯特·格利森

1865 – 1933美国工程与发明

First Woman Member of ASME

Biography

Kate Gleason was the first woman member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, admitted in 1914. She revolutionized gear manufacturing at her family's Gleason Works in Rochester, New York, developing innovative methods for producing precision bevel gears used worldwide. After leaving the family business, she became a pioneering real estate developer, using poured concrete construction to build affordable housing — a technique ahead of its time. She was also the first woman elected president of a national bank in the United States.

凯特·格利森是美国机械工程师学会的第一位女性成员，于1914年被接纳。她在家族企业——纽约罗切斯特的格利森工厂——革新了齿轮制造，开发了生产全球使用的精密锥齿轮的创新方法。离开家族企业后，她成为开创性的房地产开发商，使用浇筑混凝土技术建造经济适用房——这一技术在当时非常超前。她还是美国第一位当选全国性银行行长的女性。

Key Achievements

First woman member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
美国机械工程师学会第一位女性成员（1914年）
Revolutionized precision gear manufacturing at Gleason Works
在格利森工厂革新了精密齿轮制造
First woman elected president of a national bank in the U.S.
美国第一位当选全国性银行行长的女性

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