New Delhi: Google Doodle on Saturday honoured Romanian engineer Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, on what would have been her 131st birthday. Born on November 10, 1887, in the Romanian port city of Gala?i, Zamfirescu was one of the world's first female engineers. Due to prejudices against women in the sciences, Zamfirescu was rejected by the School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest.

"Undeterred, she applied to the Royal Technical Academy in Berlin, where one of the deans said she would be better off focusing on 'Kirche, kinder, and kuche' (Church, children, and cooking)," read Google's blog post.