Honoring the first female engineer in Texas

BASTROP — The first woman engineer in Texas is set to be honored with a new historical marker in Bastrop County.In 1938, Leah Moncure made history by becoming the first woman in Texas to earn a professional engineering license.Moncure went on to work for the Texas Highway Department — now TxDOT— for 32 years, specializing in research, rightof- way and road d...

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