Elisa Bachofen

Elisa Beatriz Bachofen was the first female civil engineer in Argentina and Latin America.
Biography.
Bachofen was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1891. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aries in 1918. Her thesis was on the manufacturing of cotton yarns and fabrics. It has since been digitised. She was the secretary for and wrote articles in the UBA student magazine "Revista Del Centro Estudiantes de Ingenieria".
She was lead authour on "Usina hidroeléctrica de Luján de Cuyo : memoria descriptiva de la misma" about the Luján de Cuyo hydroelectric plant.
She chaired the Technical Commission of the Circle of Inventors founded in 1922, and the Argentine Association of Scientific and Technical Libraries. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Business and Professional Women.
Along with her academic achievements she was also active in the National Feminist Union, together with activists such as Alicia Moreau de Justo and Julieta Lanteri. 
Her sister Esther Bachofen (1895–1943) followed in her footsteps and became the fourth female civil engineer in Argentica, qualifiying in 1922.
She died on the 19th of November 1976.