Elisa Leonid Zamfirescu Achievements
Elisa Leonid Zamfirescu Achievements : Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, The World’s First Female Engineer.
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu Career
After returning to Romania, Zamfirescu worked as an assistant at the Geological Institute of Romania. During World War I, she joined the Red Cross. It was around this time that she met and married chemist Constantin Zamfirescu, brother of writer Duiliu Zamfirescu.
After the end of World War I, Zamfirescu returned to the Geological Institute. She led several geology laboratories and participated in various field studies, including some that identified new resources of coal, shale, natural gas, chromium, bauxite, and copper. Zamfirescu also taught physics and chemistry.
Undeterred, she applied to the Royal Technical Academy in Berlin, where one of the deans said she would be better off focusing on “Kirche, kinder, and kuche” (Church, children, and cooking). She persisted in earning her degree in three years to become one of the first woman engineer in Europe.
She was the mother of two daughters, she also taught physics and chemistry at the Peter Moş School of Girls as well as at the School of Electricians and Mechanics in Bucharest. In 1993, her legacy was commemorated in Romania’s capital city by naming a street in her honour.
Happy Birthday, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu!
Elisa Leonid Zamfirescu Achievements
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