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Emily Warren Roebling (right), a woman dubbed 'the unsung hero' of the Brooklyn Bridge for overseeing the project's construction when her husband, the chief engineer, was left crippled and bedridden by a mystery disease referred to as 'caisson disease,' in a recent episode of HBO's period drama, tells the tale of Emily Warren Roebling (left).' Roebling face critics and skeptics as she became the public face of one of the country's most significant building projects of the century, played by Liz Wisan (left). She undertook design changes, collaborated with suppliers, supervised products, and superintended the daily operation, fencing with politicians and journalists for more than a decade without a formal education. The chief engineer, her husband, planned the change from his sickbed to a telescope. Although her story has been largely forgotten, a plaque on the bridge honors her legacy: 'We can find the self-sacrificing sacrifice of a woman in the back of every great work.'