Main entry:

Horton, Inge S.

Title & Author:

Early women architects of the San Francisco Bay Area : the lives and work of fifty professionals, 1890-1951 / Inge Schaefer Horton.

Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, ©2010.

Description:

x, 429 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-419) and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Collective Portrait -- One. Dreams and Inspirations -- Two. Stepping Out of the Drawing Room -- Three. Off to School -- Four. With Patience and Perseverance -- Five. Women Employees in Architectural Firms -- Six. Office of Her Own -- Seven. Rising to the Challenge -- Eight. Related Professions -- Nine. Supporting Each Other -- Ten. Having it all? -- Eleven. Happily Ever After? -- pt. II Design Legacy of Pioneer Women Architects -- Twelve. Residential Work -- Thirteen. Institutional, Commercial, and Industrial Work -- Fourteen. Hidden Legacy -- Fifteen. Evaluation of Pioneer Women Practicing Architecture by Their Contemporaries -- pt. III Individual Portraits -- Austin / Elizabeth M -- Aycrigg / Helen E. Findlay -- Bassett / Helen Rearwin -- Benbow / Helen G. -- Born / Esther Frances Baum -- Boyter / Elizabeth "Bess" Mary -- Bridgman / Lilian "Lillie" Belle -- Brown / Phoebe Hearst -- Castelhun / Ella -- Chadeanyne / Olive Kingsley -- Clever / Louise Harriet Russell -- Coblentz / Dorothy Wormser -- Deakin / Edna Isabel -- Diment / Shirley Constance -- Dodge / Ola Mae Putnam -- Ehrenfels / Camille D'Evelyn Johnston -- Eller / Armena Louise Morse -- Emmons / Audrey Jean Durland Ksanda -- Fowler / Matilda Gertrude Newsom -- French / Helen Louise Douglass -- Gauen / Eileen Claudia Watkins -- Hall (Coggins) / Leola -- Hufbauer / Arabelle McKee -- Jackson / Minnie May -- Jewett / Grace -- Jory / Grace Y. Weeks -- Kartwold / Lois Beryl Goetz -- Kavin / Eda -- Knapp / Charlotte "Kid" Hastings -- Kosmak / Evelyn Meta Hall Gilcrest -- Langhorst / Lois Wilson Worley -- Lindheim / Roslyn Ittelson -- Luis / Rosanna "Rose" Enos -- McAfee / Lucy Page Brown -- McCain / Ida F. -- Mesic / Julian C. -- Meyers / Mildred Sophie -- Morgan / Julia
Note continued: Morin (Van Blarcom) / Grace Evelyn -- Morrow / Gertrude Elizabeth Comfort -- Nevins / Kate "Kitty" Lockwood French Squire -- Northman / Edith Mortensen -- Parug / Martha Jane Moorehead -- Reiss (Friedman) / Hilde -- Sanford / Florence "Sanchia" Thurston Hincks -- Stan / Sara Ellen "Sally" Waldner Bould -- Steinmesch / Henrietta May -- Sutherland / Helen Earle -- Williams / Emily Eolian -- Witkin (Tarris) / Elizabeth "Betty" Ord Hillier.

Summary:

"This book presents the lives, careers, and work of fifty path-breaking women entering and claiming space in the male-dominated field of architecture. Included are photographs of buildings, portraits of the architects, and blueprints. Each biography includes vital data, a description of the career, a list of known buildings and work, and a bibliography"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780786446568 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786446560 (softcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Women architects California San Francisco Bay Area.
Femmes architectes Californie San Francisco, Région de la baie de.
Women architects.
Architektin.
California San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Area.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278714
Call No.: BIB 214358
Status: Available