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Gail McMillan Digital Library and Archives Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Developing a Regional Perspective by Tracing Forgotten Architects and Design Professionals: Women with T-Squares. Gail McMillan Digital Library and Archives Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University South Atlantic Humanities Center Seminar February 13, 2004.

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Gail McMillan Digital Library and Archives Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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  1. Developing a Regional Perspective by Tracing Forgotten Architects and Design Professionals:Women with T-Squares Gail McMillan Digital Library and Archives Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University South Atlantic Humanities Center Seminar February 13, 2004

  2. International Archive ofWomen in Architecture

  3. 7 Women with T-Squares

  4. HarrietAbigail Morrison Irwin (1828-1897)First woman to patent an architectural innovation for a dwelling • Hexagonal house design, Aug. 24, 1869 • Economizes space, building materials, and heat; good lighting and ventilation; easier to clean • 912 W. 5th Street, Charlotte, NC

  5. Henrietta Cuttino Dozier (1872-1947) • MIT BS in Architecture in four years,1899 • One of 3 women, only one to graduate among 176 • 3rd woman to join the AIA • 1st woman from the South to join the AIA • Founding member of the Georgia AIA • Only woman recognized among 16 prominent Jacksonville architects post-Civil War century

  6. Leila Ross Wilburn(1885-1965)1913 apartments renovated by Midtown [Atlanta] Alliance.

  7. Amaza Lee Meredith(1895-1984) Azurest South

  8. Amaza Lee Meredith’s Azurest South, Interior

  9. Gertie Besosa-Silva (1923-1983)

  10. 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

  11. Hilton Head Island Town Hall Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, 1995Honor Award: American Society of Landscape Architecture, SC Chapter Honorable Mention for Land Stewardship SC Land Resources Conservation Commission

  12. 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 • Seeking Shelter: Women as Shapers of the Built Environment

  13. International Archive of Women in Architecture http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa

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