Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is the first African woman to be awarded a Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the first female Vice President of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers.
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Liverpool, England, UK |
Born to Sierra Leone Creole parents in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Morgan and her family moved back to Sierra Leone where she received her education in civil engineering.[1]
In 2015, Morgan co-founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Women Engineers, to support women in engineering.[2] Morgan is also the program director for Hilton Freetown Cape Sierra Hotel, a member of the Professional Engineers Review Council and the UK's Institution of Civil Engineers International Representative to Sierra Leone.[1][3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Technology and Science: Women in STEM". Swenga. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "About – Sierra Leone Women Engineers". Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Sierra Leone's Trudy Morgan Makes History by Becoming the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) 1st Female Fellow in Africa". insightmedia. Retrieved 2019-10-22.