Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
| Birth |
Basingstoke, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
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| Death | 18 Jan 1971 (aged 87)
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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| Burial | Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA |
| Memorial ID | 92785151 · View Source |
Civil Engineer, Suffragist. Nora graduated from Cornell University in 1905 as the first woman to earn any type of engineering degree in the U.S. She worked as a civil engineer for the New York City Board of Water Supply and later for the Public Works Administration in Connecticut and Rhode Island. She also followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, working for equal rights for women. She published, in 1944, "World Peace Through a People's Parliament" and worked as a political activist until her death.
Civil Engineer, Suffragist. Nora graduated from Cornell University in 1905 as the first woman to earn any type of engineering degree in the U.S. She worked as a civil engineer for the New York City Board of Water Supply and later for the Public Works Administration in Connecticut and Rhode Island. She also followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, working for equal rights for women. She published, in 1944, "World Peace Through a People's Parliament" and worked as a political activist until her death.
Family Members
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Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
1856–1940
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Lee de Forest
1873–1961 (m. 1908)
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Morgan Barney
1878–1943 (m. 1919)
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Harriet Stanton DeForest*
1909–2007
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Rhoda Barney Jenkins*
1920–2007
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- Created by: Dan Silva
- Added: 29 Jun 2012
- Find A Grave Memorial 92785151
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (30 Sep 1883–18 Jan 1971), Find A Grave Memorial no. 92785151, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Dan Silva (contributor 46781334) .
