Clarke, Jane - Marion Mahony Griffin 1871-1961: First Woman Licensed to Practice Architecture in Illinois and The Winnetka Connection, December 7, 2005
Paper description
Even in the second decade of the 21st Century female architects are a minority of the profession. At the turn of the20th century they were virtually unknown. However, Marion Mahony Griffin, raised in Hubbard Woods, Illinois, was an early smasher of architecture's glass ceiling. Her iconoclastic career began in Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park and reached its climax in Australia as co-designer with her husband Walter Burley Griffin of Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Dates
- Creation: December 7, 2005
Creator
- From the Collection: Winnetka Fortnightly (Organization)
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