Yona R. Owens

Yona R. Owens replied to the topic Walter Hood featured in Architect Magazine in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 4 months ago

Jason:
I am glad to read your well said rant. It reminded me of comments by Lewis Clarke, posted recently at http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/whativelearned.htm#CLARKE
Thanks for your original post/heads up on Walter Hood.

Yona

Yona R. Owens replied to the topic Women working in a male-dominated industry in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 7 months ago

Craig,
I meant the suggestion to read some history to the group as a whole. Sometimes learning that there have been others before is an inspiration. I can’t speak for Sally Schauman but she can speak for herself a bit. I interviewed her in 2008 at: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/lewisclarke/sally_schaum…
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Yona R. Owens replied to the topic Women working in a male-dominated industry in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 7 months ago

I’ve just finished reading all the posts. I think some history is in order. Try Women in Landscape Architecture: Essays on History and Practice edited by Louise Mozingo and Linda Jewell.

Also, if you can find A Century of Women, there’s a chapter in there by Sally Schauman who, among other things, established the MLA Program at the University of…[Read more]