Carlia S. Westcott was an American engineer and the first woman to receive a first-of-a-kind license in Marine Engineering in the United States in December 1921. Check out her life and story in Transportation History.
A pivotal episode in Westcott’s decision to become a marine engineer had taken place a year earlier, when she joined her husband – described in Woman Citizen magazine as “a veteran towboat man” – on one of the tugboats of the Cary-Dan’s Towing Company operating in the Seattle region. Mr. Westcott served as the company’s chief engineer and Carlia was on board a vessel for an extended period of time to assist him there and carry out the tasks of a fireman. The responsibilities for such a position in a maritime environment typically include performing minor maintenance and repairs as needed to engineering equipment.
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