Summer Speaker Series - Olive Dennis, first Woman Civil Railroad Engineer by Sharon Harwood

Name: Summer Speaker Series - Olive Dennis, first Woman Civil Railroad Engineer by Sharon Harwood
Start: 2025-09-18T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 117 E Liberty St, Oakland, MD, United States, Maryland 21550

Schedule

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

117 E Liberty St, Oakland, MD, United States, Maryland 21550 | Oakland, MD

Olive Dennis - A Civil Engineer for the B&O Railroad in the 1920s,
Presented by Sharon Harwood
Join us Thursday, September 18th at 7 pm at the museum for our next edition of the Summer Speaker Series!
Sharon Harwood will be discussing the amazing Olive Dennis, America’s first woman civil engineer to be employed by a railroad from the 1920s to the 1950s, who also designed the famous B&O China!
"Olive Wetzel Dennis spent years test-riding railways, improving everything from climate control to dining-car china along the way." from Atlas Obscura article, "The ‘Lady Engineer’ Who Took the Pain Out of the Train."
Sharon A. Harwood is a retired educator and administrator from Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Pursuing her interests in railroad history, she now reaches out to railroad historical societies and community groups presenting information about the life and achievements of Olive Wetzel Dennis, Engineer of Service on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1920-1950.