User experience engineering: older than you probably thought.

Originally shared by Adafruit Industries

The ‘Lady Engineer’ Who Took the Pain Out of the Train #MakerEducation

https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/04/17/the-lady-engineer-who-took-the-pain-out-of-the-train-makereducation/

Great feature on Olive Wetzel Dennis, an early 20th Century service engineer, from Atlas Obscura.

If you had ridden the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the American northeast sometime in the 1920s or ’30s, you might have noticed a passenger who seemed unusually invested in her environment. While you snoozed through Cincinnati, or looked out the window at the approaching Chicago skyline, this woman was probably carefully measuring the height of the seats, or laying cloth swatches over them to check the colors.

As you chose your supper in the dining car, you might have seen her sampling every single item on offer. The next morning, when you blearily left your bunk, she might have greeted you, and asked you how you slept.