'Hulde aan onze kranige architecte!' : De opkomst van de eerste vrouwelijke architecten van Nederland

The fact that Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891-1966) is still considered to be the first and, until the middle of the last century, the only female architect in the Netherlands, needs to be put in perspective. In the same year that the unqualified Staal-Kropholler realised her first building in 1917, Grada Wolffensperger (1887-1965) was the first woman to complete her academic architecture education. Twenty more women were to follow Wolffensperger and completed their architectural training before the end of the Second World War. Some of these women went on to have successful careers. It is rema... Mehr ...