Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America
by
Carla Blank, Tania Martin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a connection even exists between the two words. Some women didn’t agree. Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1823-1902) is credited...