In 1950 Hicks and other women based on the East coast of the United States began meeting in an organization, the goal of which was to advance female engineers and increase female participation in engineering.
1950年，希克斯开始和其他美国东海岸的女性聚会，她们形成了一个组织，以帮助工程行业的女性，并增强女性在行业的参与度。