AutomotiveCatalog2024

11 RECENTLY RELEASED The Women of General Motors A Century of Art & Engineering Constance A. Smith An in-depth look at the role women have played in the American auto industry, a traditionally male-dominated industry. Since the early days of General Motors, there have been women who had vital roles in design, engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this follow-up to Damsels in Design , her book on women automotive designers from 1939 to 1959, Constance Smith presents profiles and interviews with more than 100 women who have steered the course of General Motors for nearly a century. The book features these and many more women: • Bonnie Lemm, the first woman designer-engineer at GM • Helene Rother, the first woman automobile and transportation designer hired by GM’s Styling Department in the 1940s • Suzanne Vanderbilt, the holder of numerous industrial design patents and the designer of the first adjustable lumbar seat supports • Mary Barra, who became GM’s chair and CEO in 2016 Readers will meet these remarkable achievers and discover how they took on a male- dominated industry—and triumphed. Constance Smith started her career at GM Design and spent over 40 years in the auto industry. She received the NEA Award in Design Arts and has written about and advocated for women in the auto industry. She lives in West Hempstead, New York. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6428-0 $36.99 US | £33.99 GBP | $42.99 CAN HC • 336 pp. • 8 1/2 " x 11 " (216 x 279 mm) 300+ color & B/W images Transportation / Automotive / History Biography & Autobiography / Women Biography & Autobiography / Business AVAILABLE: NOW ISBN: 978-0-7643-6428-0 $36.99 9 780764 364280 53699