Florence Ward Stiles

Florence Ward Stiles (1897–1981) was an American architect and librarian who in 1939 was appointed the first advisor to women students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1] She was awarded an architecture degree[2] as a member of MIT's class of 1923[3] and after graduating she joined the all-woman firm of Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc..[4] Her career included working at the firm of Stone & Webster.[4] Later she established a private practice with a focus on small dwellings and remodeling historic houses.[4] In 1931 she became the librarian at MIT's Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning. She joined the American Institute of Architects in 1943.[5] In 1948 she resigned her position as Rotch librarian to resume her private architectural practice.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "M.I.T. Names Women's Guide: Miss Florence Stiles First to Hold Post of Adviser at The Institute On Equal Footing With Men" (30 April 1939). The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "TECHNOLOGY MEN WIN DEGREES AT COLLEGE" (23 October 1923). Cambridge Tribune.
  3. ↑ "Pre-War graduates". Association of MIT Alumnae.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Tech" (2 May 1939). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  5. ↑ Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Women Architects. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780252033216. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bulletin - President's Report Issue" (PDF) (Volume 84 No. 1). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. October 1948. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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