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Li Fu Lee

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Chinese engineer and teacher

Lived 1904 to 1985 · aged 81
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Li Fu Lee was a Chinese engineer and teacher who was the first Chinese woman to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). S. newspapers and publications, as was her choice of major: electrical engineering, said to be the most difficult of its day.

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Lee and Kuan before going to MIT, c. 1925Lee and Kuan before going to MIT, c. 1925The report on Lee in The Boston Globe, October 20, 1925The report on Lee in The Boston Globe, October 20, 1925Lee and Kuan with their family in ChinaLee and Kuan with their family in ChinaLee's columbarium plaque at Graceland CemeteryLee's columbarium plaque at Graceland Cemetery

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Li Fu Lee was a Chinese engineer and teacher who was the first Chinese woman to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her attendance, starting in 1925, was noted by numerous U.S. newspapers and publications, as was her choice of major: electrical engineering, said to be the most difficult of its day. One of 25 women who graduated from MIT in 1929, she was among the first women to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering there.

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Lived 1904 to 1985 · aged 81
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