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ARCHITECTS.

Publication: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ARCHITECTS.(The First American Women Architects)(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Sarah Allaback, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN ARCHITECTS. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press (www.press.uillinois.edu), 2008. 280p. illus. notes. append. bibl. index. $45.00, ISBN 978-0252033216.

It isn't easy to uncover the hidden stories of early women architects. Because there were social barriers to education and recognition for women in this male-dominated field, the records are scant and unclear. It is understandable that some women architects used male-sounding pseudonyms or initials instead of first names to veil their female identities, but that tactic has also limited our opportunity to appreciate their achievements today. In spite of these challenges, architectural historian Sarah Allaback has reconstructed a concise and readable history of seventy-six dedicated and talented women who were either attending schools of...

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