Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu : Google Doodle Celebrates 131st Birthday of One of the World's 1st Female Engineers
Google Doodle Celebrates 131st Birthday of One of the World's 1st Female Engineers Born on November 10, 1887, Zamfirescu was the first female member of the General Association of Romanian Engineers ( AGIR ) and ran laboratories for the Geological Institute of Romania New Delhi: One of the world's first female engineers Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu was honoured by Google Doodle on her 131st birth anniversary on Saturday. Zamfirescu was a Romanian engineer, who carved herself a spot in a male-dominated field, led geology labs, and studied Romanian mineral resources. Born on November 10, 1887, Zamfirescu was the first female member of the General Association of Romanian Engineers (AGIR) and ran laboratories for the Geological Institute of Romania. Her country honoured her by naming a street after her in the capital city of Bucharest in 1993. An award named after was created in 1997. The 'Premiul Elisa Leonida-Zamfirescu' honours female contributors to the fields