The Engineer's Wife

She created an enduring monument. Then its darkness enveloped her. Learn about the amazing women who contributed to the Brooklyn Bridge's design and construction.

Emily Roebling is motivated to make changes in her life since she doesn't want to live a traditional life. She understands who she is and what she wants. Her spouse then makes the unimaginable request: she give up her aspirations in order to make his possible.

As Emily's husband, Washington Roebling, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is hurt at work, her life is turned upside down and her battle for women's suffrage is placed on pause. while strong opposition and formidable challenges, she takes on his responsibility while being ill-prepared for it. However, as Emily leads the project to completion, she questions whose legacy she is creating—hers or her husband's. Emily's identity, marriage, and morals are in jeopardy as the monument grows. Will she be able to identify the woman who built the bridge when it is all finished?

The Engineer's Wife, which is based on the true story of an American icon, paints an intensely personal picture of a woman changed by an enormously ambitious project that transports her to the depths of the East River, the suffragette riots, the elite hallways of Manhattan, and the heady, freewheeling temptations of P.T. Barnum. The story of a husband and woman who, despite the possibility of losing each other, are determined to create something lasting.