Pioneering Women of American Architecture

摘要

Believed to be the second African-American woman licensed as an architect in the U.S., Topeka, Kan.-born Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918-99) emigrated to Brazil because it offered greater opportunities for women of color. She is one of 50 women profiled in the new website Pioneering Women of American Architecture, launched by the New York-based Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation. Each was born before 1940, when "women struggled both to be allowed entrance into the architectural profession and to be recognized for their work," write foundation co-directors, Mary McLeod and Victoria Rosner.