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During the middle of the 20th century, various women’s auxiliary groups were formed to support local and state chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The names of these groups were usually a variation of Women’s Architectural League (WAL) or Women’s Architectural Auxiliary (WAA) depending on the location of the chapter.
In 1934, practicing women architects formed the Association of Women in Architecture. One of its founders was Dimity Reed. Alpha Alpha Gamma became its affiliate organization for architectural students. [2] In 1948, the association became the Association for Women in Architecture and Allied Arts. This name change helped support women in the ...
In 2022 Architecture + Women NZ with Massey University Press published Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Edited by Elizabeth Cox and written by Cox and 30 other women architects, architectural historians and academics it makes visible the contributions to architecture in New Zealand of over 500 women. [99] [100]
Winifred Ryle (1897–1987), early female student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture; Flora Samuel, head of the School of Architecture at Sheffield University since 2009; Deborah Saunt, co-founder of DSHDA in London; Elisabeth Scott (1898–1972), first woman architect to win an international architecture competition
OWA (The Organization of Women Architects), Chicago Women in Architecture, and AWA (The Alliance of Women in Architecture) are just three organizations who developed platforms which aimed to shine a light on the challenges women encounter in the field of architecture due to discrimination, while also offering guidance and encouragement to their ...
Educator and co-founder of the Iowa Women's Studies Association [42] Teresa Marie Hernandez (b. 1956) 2012 Director of the Chrysalis Foundation [43] Nancy Dunkel (b. 1955) 2011 Banking industry, mentor to women in business [44] Jacqueline Easley McGhee (b. 1957) 2011 Community activist [45] Charlotte Bowers Nelson (1931–2023) 2011 Civic ...
Matrix led and took part in many events of the period, including Women and Space at the Architectural Association in 1979, ‘Women’s Realm’ (Feminist Architects’ Network, North London Polytechnic 1987) and Alterities, a major international conference in Paris on feminism and architecture in 1999. [11] Exhibitions of their work include:
The Muscatine Avenue Moffitt Cottage Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places district that includes five stone cottages in Iowa City epitomizing the eccentric vernacular architectural style of Howard Moffitt. Moffitt constructed more than 100 houses in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa, and a few in Citrus City, Texas. These ...