Anna Enrichetta Amour was the first woman engineer to lay the foundations for an international support network for women engineers and architects.
After graduating in 1934, she attended the free course in steel constructions and joined SIP – Società Idroelettrica Piemonte, where she obtained an engineering internship where she later became director of the Statistics Office.
Her professional path was enriched by an experience in the United States, where in 1953 she earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Columbia University, establishing connections with women’s associations such as WES (Women Engineers and Scientists).

Upon returning to Italy, SIP entrusted her with the direction of the journal Rassegna Tecnica dell’Energia Elettrica.
Aware of the challenges women faced in the professional world, Amour, together with Emma Strada and other women professionals, co-founded AIDIA – the Italian Association of Women Engineers and Architects, serving as national secretary and promoting the association’s activities internationally.

Anna Enrichetta Amour helped introduce to Italy the first international framework of mutual support among women engineers and architects, encouraging professional collaboration beyond national borders.

Through this work, she expanded the opportunities available to women in technical fields both for her generation and for those that followed, and laid the groundwork for future forms of collective organization and promoting gender equality.