Lillian G Murad, the second president of the Society of Women Engineers and Laura Ashley, famous and successful business owner and textile designer.

Leading public housing advocate and educator of urban planners.

Co-founder of the first US settlement house. Nobel Peace Price winner.

The first female architect to practice in Japan.

Han Schröder was one of the first women registered architects in the Netherlands and grew up in the iconic Schröder House.

In this bonus episode, we take a closer look into an incredible resource the International Archive for Women in Architecture or the IAWA.

First Woman Architect in the US

Beverly Lorraine Greene was the first African-American woman licensed architect in the United States and Georgia Louise Harris Brown was the second.

First woman landscape architect in the US

Mariana was an influential critic of American Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

First woman to receive a degree in engineering from an American university.

The first woman architect licensed in California.

A woman of many firsts.

Started the International Archive of Women in Architecture