Meet 9 Baylor women who blazed new trails in the sciences & engineering
…1948. She built a private practice around women, assisted with medical examinations of female Baylor students, and was known as Waco’s weather watcher, following in her father’s footsteps of keeping records of Central Texas weather. Leah Moncure (BA ’25) became Texas’ first female licensed professional engineer in 1938. After graduating from Baylor as a double major in math and education, Moncure added a civil engineering degree from Texas and wa…