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Developing a Regional Perspective by Tracing Forgotten Architects and Design Professionals: Women with T-Squares. Gail McMillan Digital Library and Archives http://scholar.lib.vt.edu Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Humanities Conference March 18, 2005.

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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 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Humanities Conference March 18, 2005

  2. International Archive ofWomen in Architecture

  3. 7 Women with T-Squares

  4. HarrietAbigail 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

  5. 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

  6. Leila Ross Wilburn(1885-1965)1913 Piedmont Park Apartments, Atlanta, GA

  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 • Women shaping shelter technology, consumption, and the twentieth- century house

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

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