The first tract house development in 1921 outside of Rochester, New York, was invented by what woman?

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Kate Gleason Kate Gleason (November 25, 1865 - January 9, 1933) was an American engineer and businesswoman known both for being a revolutionary in the predominantly male field of Engineering and for her Philanthropy. Kate Gleason was born the daughter of William and Ellen Gleason of Rochester, NY. Her father was the owner of a machine tool company, later named Gleason Works, which later became (and still is) one of the most important makers of gear-cutting machine tools in the world. At the age of 12 she began working for her father. She was the first woman to be admitted to study engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, although she was unable to complete her studies at Cornell due to her required presence in the factory. She continued her studies upon returning to Rochester at the Mechanics Institute, later renamed Rochester Institute of Technology She was actively involved as the treasurer as well as saleswoman for Gleason Works. Due to conflicts with her family she left Gleason Works in 1913 and found work at the Ingle Machining Company. She was the first woman elected to full membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and represented the society at the World Power Conference in Germany. In 1918, she was appointed the president of First National Bank of East Rochester while the previous President was enlisted in World War I. She used this position to further her humanitarian efforts in Rochester starting eight companies including a construction company that built houses for the middle class. http://www.answers.com/Kate%20Gleason Feb 20 07, 9:57 PM