employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch
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Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering early 20th-century civil engineer and prominent women's rights advocate who broke gender barriers in the engineering profession.
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| employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1574939 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch Context triple: [Radley Steel Construction Company, knownFor, employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch]
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A.
Marion Mahony Griffin
Marion Mahony Griffin was a pioneering American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the world, renowned for her influential work alongside Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling was an American engineer and project manager who played a crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband, the chief engineer, became incapacitated.
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C.
Johanna Herting Roebling
Johanna Herting Roebling was the mother of civil engineer Washington Roebling, who led the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was a pioneering American architect and the first woman licensed as an architect in California, renowned for her prolific work in the early 20th century and her influential role in shaping West Coast architecture.
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E.
Louise Church Delano
Louise Church Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of the American Gilded Age, related to the lineage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch Target entity description: Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering early 20th-century civil engineer and prominent women's rights advocate who broke gender barriers in the engineering profession.
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A.
Marion Mahony Griffin
Marion Mahony Griffin was a pioneering American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the world, renowned for her influential work alongside Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling was an American engineer and project manager who played a crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband, the chief engineer, became incapacitated.
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C.
Johanna Herting Roebling
Johanna Herting Roebling was the mother of civil engineer Washington Roebling, who led the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was a pioneering American architect and the first woman licensed as an architect in California, renowned for her prolific work in the early 20th century and her influential role in shaping West Coast architecture.
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E.
Louise Church Delano
Louise Church Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of the American Gilded Age, related to the lineage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American feminist
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civil engineer ⓘ pioneer in engineering ⓘ suffragist ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Women's Political Union ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1883-09-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Basingstoke
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surface form:
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
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| causeAdvocated |
women's access to engineering education and professional societies
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women's suffrage in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1971-01-18 ⓘ |
| degreeEarned | Bachelor of Civil Engineering ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cornell University ⓘ |
| employer |
American Bridge Company
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New York City Board of Water Supply ⓘ Radley Steel Construction Company ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Blatch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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feminism ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nora Stanton Blatch
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surface form:
Nora Stanton Blatch De Forest Barney
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Nora ⓘ |
| grandparent | Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
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women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first woman admitted as a junior member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
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first woman to earn a degree in civil engineering from Cornell University ⓘ one of the first women in the United States to be a professional civil engineer ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sued the American Society of Civil Engineers for full membership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for equal professional rights for women engineers
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breaking gender barriers in the engineering profession ⓘ |
| notableWork | engineering work on water supply and bridge projects in New York ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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real estate developer ⓘ suffrage organizer ⓘ |
| parent | Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | campaigning for women's right to vote in the United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Greenwich, Connecticut
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New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lee de Forest
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surface form:
Lee De Forest
Morgan Barney ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch Description of subject: Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering early 20th-century civil engineer and prominent women's rights advocate who broke gender barriers in the engineering profession.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Radley Steel Construction Company
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knownFor
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employing pioneering civil engineer Nora Stanton Blatch
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