Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Mary and Sophie Hutson

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Twins ''Mary Lockett Hutson Nelson and Sophie Palmer Hutson Rollins'' were the first women to complete the civil engineering program (in 1903) at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). However, they only received their degrees posthumously because the school’s charter at the time made no provision for female students.<ref name="Aggies"></ref>, <ref name="Hensley"></ref>

They began their studies in 1899, at the age of 15. They received certificates of completion but not diplomas. <ref name="Hensley" /> The school was an all-male military school until 1963, and the Class of 1900 “as a sign of acceptance and respect“ gave them cadet jackets which they proudly wore.<ref name="Aggies" />

The sisters were allowed to attend because their father, Charles Woodward Hutson, was an English and history professor. Daughters of faculty members were allowed to attend classes since there were no local schools for women.<ref name="Dateline"></ref>

After college, Mary worked for A. M. Lockett Co., a New Orleans engineering firm <ref name="Hensley" /> and designed water pumping facilities in New Orleans, Mississippi and Texas. She married. Bernard Stanley Nelson in the summer of 1913. Mary died in 1982 at the age of 98.<ref name="Aggies" />

Sophie married fellow Aggie Henry Martin Rollins in 1905. <ref name="Hensley" /> Sophie died in 1983 at 99.<ref name="Aggies" />

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