As a metallurgist, she worked first for Crucible Steel Company, beginning in 1936, and later for Climax Molybdenum Company, rising to the rank of vice president for technical information in 1970 [REF].
As an amateur aviator, Janet Zaph Briggs earned her private pilot's license in 1930, and was one of the nine charter members[REF] of the Bay Cities chapter of the Ninety-Nines [REF].