developing a regional perspective by tracing forgotten architects and design professionals: women...
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Developing a Regional Perspective by Tracing Forgotten Architects and Design Professionals:
Women with T-Squares
Gail McMillanDigital Library and Archives http://scholar.lib.vt.edu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Humanities Conference
March 18, 2005
International Archive of
Women in Architecture
7 Women with T-Squares
NC Harriet Morrison Irwin
SC Lolly Tai
FL Henrietta Dozier
VA Amaza Lee Meredith
GA Leila Ross Wilburn
PR Gertie Besosa-Silva
GA Leslie Sharp
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Harriet Abigail Morrison Irwin (1828-1897)
912 W. 5th Street, Charlotte
Hexagonal house, Aug. 24, 1869
First woman to patent an architectural innovation for a dwelling
Economizes space, building materials, and heat; good lighting and ventilation; easier to clean
Henrietta Cuttino Dozier (1872-1947)
MIT BS in Architecture in four years,1899– 1of 3 women admitted– Only woman to graduate among 175 men
3rd woman to join the AIA; 1st woman from the South
Founding member of the Georgia AIA Only woman recognized among 16 prominent
Jacksonville, Florida, architects
Leila Ross Wilburn(1885-1965) 1913 Piedmont Park Apartments, Atlanta, GA
Amaza Lee Meredith(1895-1984)
Azurest South
Amaza Lee Meredith’s Azurest South, Interior
Gertie Besosa-Silva (1923-1983)
Lolly Tai
Ph.D, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh MLA, Harvard University BSLA, Cornell University 1988, new Department of Planning and Landscape
Architecture in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities, Clemson University
2002, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, Temple University
Hilton Head Island Town Hall Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, 1995Honor Award: American Society of Landscape Architecture, SC ChapterHonorable Mention for Land Stewardship
SC Land Resources Conservation Commission
Leslie N. Sharp
MA Middle Tennessee State University 2002– Historic preservation, graduate thesis on public history
Coordinator for the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources– National Register of Historic Places– Georgia Women’s History Initiative
Georgia Tech– PhD in History: links between gender, technology, and architecture– Women shaping shelter technology, consumption, and the
twentieth- century house
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International Archive of Women in Architecture
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