Beverly Greene
Country of origin: United States of America
Born: 1915
Died: 1957
Education: Illinois University
Places of professional performance: United States of America
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Pioneers in the field of architecture, these women started breaking barriers previously thought to be impossbile to break through. Combatitive and determined, they were among those who made it possible for women to have a presence in architecture at a time when the culture was deeply patriarchal. Among these women is Julia Morgan, who in 1904 became the first woman licensed to work in architecture, which represented a very important milestone for the history of the profession. Previously, architects like Sophia Hayden Bennet, who became an architect in 1890, suffered from so much discrimination that she basically couldn’t work (and when she finally could she received less than a tenth of the salary of her male counterparts). Martha Cassell, Norma Merrick Sklarek, Georgia Louise Harris and Beverly Lorraine Greene were also pioneers in the face of racial prejudice in the profession. These four black women shaped the course of the architecture profession, representing the various dimensions that sexism can take, and they were the first to seek recognition and respect from a profession that was essentially patriarchal. Finally, Margarete Shutte-Lhotzky, better known as Gret, was responsible for the iconic Frankfurt kitchen design in addition to several other projects. But frustrated with only being associated with the kitchen, Gret said: “If I knew that this was the only thing everyone was going to talk about I never would have made the damn thing.”
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Julia Morgan
Name: Julia Morgan
Country of origin: United States of America
Born: 1872
Died: 1957
Education: University of California, Berkeley (Civil Engineering). School of Fine Arts, Paris (Architecture).
Places of professional performance: United States of America, France.
Martha Cassell
Country of origin: United States of America
Born: 1925
Died: 1968
Education: College of Architecture at Cornell University
Places of professional performance: United States of America
Norma Merrick Sklarek
Country of origin: United States of America
Born: 1928
Died: 2012
Education: Columbia University
Places of professional performance: United States of America and Japan
Sophia Hayden Bennett
Country of origin: Chile
Born: 1868
Died: 1953
Education: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Places of professional performance: United States of America
