Prairie View Distinguished Alumna Nathelyne Archie Kennedy

The idea of a female engineer was so unusual in Nathelyne Archie’s neighborhood in Conroe, Texas some people thought she was going to college to learn how to drive a freight train. But she made history when she graduated as the first black female in the state of Texas with a degree in architectural engineering, first black female to earn an engineering degree from any university in Texas and the first to become licensed as a professional engineer.

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