Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.
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Marcia Mead (1879-1967) was the first woman to graduate from Columbia University’s School of Architecture. She specialized in designing housing, you can read about the innovations she made in a Bridgeport, CT housing development here.
Barnard College offers an architecture award in Marcia’s name to undergraduate students.
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Teen mom, 1971 edition.
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“That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything. Our political work has only begun when we have the ballot....
