Sonny Jiménez de Tejada (1922 – 5 May 2014) was the first Colombian woman to earn an engineering degree in Colombia. Additionally, she held various political positions, such as Deputy of the Departmental Assembly of Antioquia in 1968, Secretary of Administrative Services of the Medellín municipal office in 1975 and executive director of the Prodevelopment Corporation of the Faculty of Mines.[1][2]
Sonny Jiménez de Tejada | |
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| Born | Sonny Jiménez Arbeláez 1922 |
| Died | 5 May 2014 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Biography
editSonny Jiménez de Tejada was born Sonny Jiménez Arbeláez in January 1922 in Medellín, Colombia. In 1941, she entered the Faculty of Mines of the National University of Colombia, where she graduated as a civil and mining engineer in 1946 as the first woman to do so. Later, she completed a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1948. She went on to complete a masters in Urban Physical Planning at the National University of Colombia in Medellin in 1976. She worked with the Women's Professional Association encouraging women to study engineering.[1][3][4]
Tejada was celebrated for her work and contribution to women's access to higher education in Colombia.[1][3][5][6][7]
Personal life
editTejada married fellow engineer José Tejada Sáenz. They had five children, one of whom is a professor of mathematics Débora Tejada. He died in 2011.Tejada died on May 5, 2014, in Medellín.[3][8]
References
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- ^ "La historia de la primera ingeniera civil y minas de Colombia". UN Periódico Digital (in Spanish). 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ a b c Coomeva. "Sonny Jiménez de Tejada: Primera ingeniera civil y de minas de Colombia :: Coomeva la cooperativa de los profesionales". Cooperativa Coomeva (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Mora, A.L.V. (2016). Historia de la enfermería en Colombia: 2a edición, revisada y complementada (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Colombia. p. 310. ISBN 978-958-775-701-9. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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- ^ EDU. "Mónica Vélez, un talento EDU al servicio de la ciudad". Edu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Guerreras de Colombia". prezi.com (in Spanish). 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Mesa, Carolina Estrada (2018-03-09). "Deborá Tejada: "La educación es el camino para hacerte un espacio en la sociedad"". Revista Comfama (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-21.