What We Are Reading. Today: ‘Women Architects at Work’

What We Are Reading. Today: ‘Women Architects at Work’
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Updated 23 June 2024

What We Are Reading. Today: ‘Women Architects at Work’

What We Are Reading. Today: ‘Women Architects at Work’

Authors: Mary Ann Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy

In the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily.

“Women Architects at Work” tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the United States.