Where are the Women Architects? Stratigakos Despina
Where are the Women Architects? Stratigakos Despina A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for…
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Where are the Women Architects? Stratigakos Despina
A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Law and medicine, two equally demanding and traditionally male professions, have been much more successful in retaining and integrating women. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer women become.
Where Are the Women Architects? So why do women still struggle to keep a toehold in architecture? tells the story of women's stagnating numbers in a profession that remains a male citadel, and explores how a new generation of activists is fighting back, grabbing headlines, and building coalitions that promise to bring about change.Despina Stratigakos's