Alda Heaton Wilson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alda Heaton Wilson

American architect and civil engineer

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1873

Place of Birth: Harper, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1960

Profession: architect, suffragette, civil engineer, feminist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alda Heaton Wilson (1873–1960) was an architect and civil engineer from Iowa.
She and her sister Elmina were the first American women to practice civil engineering after obtaining a four-year degree.
She worked as a freelance architect in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri before moving to New York and working there for over a decade.
She was the first woman supervisor of the women's drafting department of the Iowa Highway Commission.
In her later career, she curtailed her architectural works, becoming the secretary, housemate and traveling companion of Carrie Chapman Catt.