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Phyllis Gaylard asks her friend Pamela Strong how to encourage women to pursue aerospace engineering. Gaylard, aerospace engineer and Strong, a rocket scientist, are both Fellows of the Society of Women Engineers. Strong was the recipient of the 2007 SWE Achievement Award.

This recording is Clip 3 of 4. Click on the "Gaylard / Strong Interview" link above to find all clips from the interview. Click on the "2007 StoryCorps Interviews" link above to find all audio recordings from the interviews.

This oral history interview was recorded October 26, 2007 at the Society of Women Engineers WE07 National Conference in Nashville, TN as part of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net), a nationwide initiative of Sound Portraits Productions to record and collect oral history interviews. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

Pamela Strong tells Phyllis Gaylard about when she was 4 years old and Albert Einstein explained to her the theory of relativity. Gaylard, aerospace engineer, and Strong, a rocket scientist, are both Fellows of the Society of Women Engineers. Strong was the recipient of the 2007 SWE Achievement Award.

This recording is Clip 4 of 4. Click on the "Gaylard / Strong Interview" link above to find all clips from the interview. Click on the "2007 StoryCorps Interviews" link above to find all audio recordings from the interviews.

This oral history interview was recorded October 26, 2007 at the Society of Women Engineers WE07 National Conference in Nashville, TN as part of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net), a nationwide initiative of Sound Portraits Productions to record and collect oral history interviews. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

Prinda Wanakule discusses her experience as a woman engineering student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, including a male student who insisted in 2004 that women could not perform A-level work in engineering or math courses. Wanakule joined the Society of Women Engineers in 2004, and has held numerous leadership and committee positions at the local, regional, and national level. She received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2012 from the University of Texas at Austin.

This oral history interview was recorded November 7, 2012 at the Society of Women Engineers WE12 Annual Conference in Houston, Texas, as part of the SWE Grassroots Oral History Project. The interviewer is Troy Eller. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. The excerpt may have been edited for length, however the intent of the interviewee's words remain the same. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

Award Committee Chairman Josephine Troxell introduces Rebecca Hall Sparling, SWE Achievement Award recipient. Sparling begins her acceptance speech, discussing the help she has received in the pursuit of her career, the difficulty she experienced in finding her first engineering positions, and how she, as a woman engineer, was first perceived in a male-dominated field.

This speech was recorded March 16, 1957 in Houston, TX at the Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference). This recording is Part 1 of 2. Click on the "Rebecca Sparling" link above to find all parts of the speech. Click on the "1957 SWE National Convention" link above to find all audio recordings from the convention.

SWE Achievement Award recipient Rebecca Hall Sparling concludes her acceptance speech, discussing her work with industry during the Second World War, entering the aerospace industry, and mentoring junior high school students.

This speech was recorded March 16, 1957 in Houston, TX at the Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference). This recording is Part 2 of 2. Click on the "Rebecca Sparling" link above to find all parts of the speech. Click on the "1957 SWE National Convention" link above to find all audio recordings from the convention.