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Suppressed Stories and a Critique of the National Register of Historic Places: Documenting the Challenges and Obstacles of Women Architects at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Suppressed Stories and a Critique of the National Register of Historic Places: Documenting the Challenges and Obstacles of Women Architects at the Turn of the Twentieth Century./
Author:	Hewlings, Katharine L.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	118 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International79-12.
Subject:	American history. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10824013
ISBN:	9780438050228

Suppressed Stories and a Critique of the National Register of Historic Places: Documenting the Challenges and Obstacles of Women Architects at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.
Hewlings, Katharine L.

Suppressed Stories and a Critique of the National Register of Historic Places: Documenting the Challenges and Obstacles of Women Architects at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 118 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12.

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The National Register of Historic Places is a resource that identifies buildings that are significant to American history. Yet it currently lacks stories that represent women's history. The sparse account of female architects within this registry is a prominent example of the suppressed histories of women architects that reveal the gender and class issues they endured in the past. Preservationists are currently attempting to broaden the scope of the past by bringing suppressed histories to light, but they need to produce the textual evidence of these accounts in order to provide an authoritative interpretation of the physical built environment. Historical research is the first step to creating a permanent record of the contributions of female architects, who are often ignored in the official history of American architecture. Such information is crucial if we are to make informed decisions about the future of key structures in the built environment. In order to better document the historic contributions of women architects, research was conducted on three case studies: Louise Bethune, Josephine Chapman and the firm of Mary Gannon and Alice Hands. These women all practiced architecture at the turn of the twentieth century in the United States and had a personal and/or professional connection to New York State. Their material contribution to the profession ranges from tenements and factories to apartment buildings and residential homes. Through examination of these case studies, this thesis addresses the gaps in stories due to a lack of textual evidence. Toward this end, it reviews the institutional history of the National Register of Historic Places and the historical debates about significance in the archive. After the background of the National Register of Historic Places is established, it presents a critique of the inventory and nomination forms currently used in this registry. The registry was reviewed for documents from each case study. The results of the research and critique conducted in this thesis resulted in a collection of the stories of four women architects and information about the types of resources utilized for women's history. Another important result of this thesis is that samples were created to illustrate how nominations could include gender and class issues in the writing process. This research will be of interest to scholars from gender studies, women's history, architecture, urban planning and historic preservation.

ISBN: 9780438050228Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122692
American history.

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