Mary Fergusson is thought to be the first woman in the UK to have had a full-time care er as an engineer and was the first female ICE Fellow. Fergusson's father, who made medical X-ray equipment, introduced her to engineering. She later graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc Hons in civil engineering in 1936. Her career began as an unpaid trainee with Scottish firm Blyth & Blyth. She quickly progressed through the company and was appointed as a senior partner -the first woman to have held this position in a civil engineering company.
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