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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
International Archive of
Women in Architecture
7 Women with T-Squares
1980
GA Leslie Sharp
1960
SC Lolly Tai
1940
PR Gertie BesosaSilva
1920
1900
1880
VA Amaza Lee
Meredith
GA Leila Ross
Wilburn
FL Henrietta
Dozier
1860
1840
1820
NC Harriet
Morrison Irwin
Harriet Abigail Morrison
Irwin (1828-1897)
912 W. 5th Street, Charlotte
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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
Henrietta Cuttino Dozier
(1872-1947)
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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
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Leila Ross Wilburn
(1885-1965)
1913 Piedmont Park Apartments, Atlanta, GA
Amaza Lee Meredith
(1895-1984)
Azurest South
Amaza Lee Meredith’s Azurest South, Interior
Gertie Besosa-Silva
(1923-1983)
Lolly Tai
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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
Hilton Head Island Town Hall Xeriscape Interpretive Garden, 1995
Honor Award: American Society of Landscape Architecture, SC Chapter
Honorable Mention for Land Stewardship
SC Land Resources Conservation Commission
Leslie N. Sharp
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MA Middle Tennessee State
University 2002
– Historic preservation, graduate thesis on public history
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Coordinator for the Historic Preservation Division of the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
– National Register of Historic Places
– Georgia Women’s History Initiative
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Georgia Tech
– PhD in History: links between gender, technology, and architecture
– Women shaping shelter technology, consumption, and the
twentieth- century house
International Archive of Women in Architecture
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