Today is International Women's Day (IWD), an internationally recognized celebration and commemoration of women's rights, and March is Women's History Month.

We recently profiled one of our favorite female historical figures, Lillian Gilbreth, the first woman to speak at Cal graduation and a Cal alumna who can be considered to be one of the earliest industrial engineers.

To honor International Women's Day, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is highlighting a few of our outstanding IEOR alumnae below.