Uncover the amazing achievements of Emily Roebling, the woman who stepped in as Chief Engineer to complete the Brooklyn Bridge!

Did She Really Build the Brooklyn Bridge, Like on The Gilded Age? Emily Warren Roebling was born in Cold Spring, New York in 1843 to a family who encouraged her interest in education.

Emily Warren Roebling remains one of the most influential women in the history of New York City after she contributed immensely to the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883. Despite ...

Woven into the beams and towers of the Brooklyn Bridge is the story of a woman who was up for a challenge. Emily Warren Roebling was the wife of Washington Roebling, the chief engineer of the ...

The Brooklyn Bridge is considered to be an engineering marvel. Here's how it pioneered new construction practices that are still used 140 years later.

David McCullough, who died August 8 this year, wrote the definitive history of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His research uncovered much about the Roebling family and Emily Roebling’s ...

Laurel Hatfield is a spirited Emily Roebling in “Brooklyn’s Bridge,” making its premiere at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando. (Courtesy Dr. Phillips Center) ...

Celebrating Emily Warren Roebling, unsung hero of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Woven into the beams and towers of the Brooklyn Bridge is the story of a woman who was up for a challenge.

On June 12, 1806, John A. Roebling, civil engineer and designer of bridges, was born in Mühlhausen, Prussia. Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling’s last and greatest achievement, spans New York’s East ...

With her husband bedridden, Emily Roebling helped keep the dream of the Brooklyn Bridge alive.