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Penn exhibition surfaces the story of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to have an independent architecture practice

A new exhibition celebrates the pioneering designer, who opened her own practice in the late 1880s

March is women’s history month — a time to remember and celebrate the important contributions women have made to American history. As a professor at Smith College, I have in recent years been helping to recover the story of a nineteenth-century...

March is women’s history month — a time to remember and celebrate the important contributions women have made to American history. As a professor at Smith College, I have in recent years been helping to recover the story of a nineteenth-century...

“I don’t mind walking over scaffolding, but I draw the line on ladders,” declared Minerva Parker Nichols.

An exhibition at University of Pennsylvania will look back on the projects of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first woman architect in U.S. to practice solo.