Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers
Copyright 2014 by Anna M Lewis All rights reserved First edition Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago Illinois 60610 ISBN 978-1-61374-508-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis Anna M Women of steel and stone 22 inspirational architects engineers and landscape designers Anna M Lewis First edition pages cm Women of action Summary Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science technology engineering and math With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements and the Industrial Revolution and with original interviews from a number of current architects and engineers this book provides inspiration and advice directly to young women by highlighting positive examples of how a strong work ethic perseverance and creativity can overcome life’s obstacles Each profile focuses on the strengths passions and interests each woman had growing up where those traits took them and what they achieved Sidebars on related topics source notes and a bibliography make this an invaluable resource for further study Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-61374-508-3 hardback 1 Women architects Biography Juvenile literature 2 Women engineers Biography Juvenile literature 3 Women landscape architects Biography Juvenile literature 4 Women Vocational guidance Juvenile literature I Title NA1997 L49 2014 720 92'52 dc23 B 2013027049 Cover and interior design Sarah Olson Printed in the United States of America 54321
To my dear husband Robert my wildly creative children Emily Hayden and Everett and my forever friends thanks for holding my hand along the way To my father a consulting engineer for over 50 years who passed the day before I started writing this book you would have loved to read it And to all the women profiled in these pages who didn’t listen to No and pursued their passions Here’s to the women who shaped our world and those who will build our future
Every great dream begins with a dreamer Always remember you have within you the strength the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world Harriet Tubman What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything Vincent van Gogh
Introduction 1 PART ONE ARCHITECTS Louise Bethune Paving the Way 11 Anna Wagner Keichline Brick by Brick 21 Julia Morgan She Built a Castle 30 Marion Mahony Griffin Frank’s Right-Hand Man 42 Norma Merrick Sklarek The Rosa Parks of Architecture 52 Denise Scott Brown Husband-and-Wife Design Team 60 Natalie de Blois Builder of Buildings 71 Zaha Hadid Contemporary Architecture Star 81 Marilyn Jordan Taylor Building the Future 88 PART TWO ENGINEERS Emily Warren Roebling She Built the Bridge 103 Lillian Moller Gilbreth The Real Cheaper by the Dozen 111 Kate Gleason Concrete Pioneer 121 Margaret Ingels Ruler of the Slide Rule 131 Ruth Gordon Schnapp Making Buildings Safe 137 Judith Nitsch Engineering Girl 146 Aine Brazil Building Towers 157 CONTENTS
