The Women of General Motors: A Century of Art & Engineering - Hardcover

by Constance A. Smith (Author)

An authoritative guide to the role women have played in the automotive world. Since the early days of General Motors, there have been women--known and unknown--who have had vital roles in design, engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this follow-up to Damsels in Design, her book on women automotive designers from 1939-1959, Constance Smith presents profiles of and interviews with more than 100 women who have steered the course of General Motors for almost 100 years. The women featured include:

• Bonnie Lemm, the first woman designer-engineer at GM
• Helene Rother, the first woman automobile and transportation designer hired by GM's Styling Department in the 1940s
• Suzanne Vanderbilt, the holder of numerous industrial design patents and the designer of the first adjustable lumbar seat supports
• Mary Barra, who became GM's chair and CEO in 2016

Readers will meet these remarkable achievers and discover how they took on a male-dominated industry--and triumphed.