Isabel Ebel

When Isabel Ebel graduated from New York University in 1934 with a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, she was the only female aeronautical engineer in the country. She graduated from MIT in 1932 with a bachelor of science in the same subject and was accepted at NYU as the only female student in a class of 3,000 men.

She struggled to find work after graduating from MIT, so she applied to NYU. She was admitted only after Amelia Earhart vouched for her. Ebel had helped Earhart plan her famous 1932 transatlantic flight.

Isabel Ebel was also Madison Mehringer’s great aunt.

Model: Madison Mehringer Photographer: Lily Walsh 13