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Storming the Old Boys' Citadel
Blank, Carla; Martin, Tania
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Description for Storming the Old Boys' Citadel
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AMB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
This book focuses on the lives and works of two of the very first women of European American ancestry to practice architecture in North America during the 19th century. Mother Joseph du Sacre-Coeur, a Sister of Providence - born Esther Pariseau, in St. Elzar, Quebec - is credited with works built in the present states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, northern Oregon, and in the province of British Columbia. For her contributions, Mother Joseph was honored by the State of Washington as one of two people to represent it in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, DC. Louise Blanchard Bethune ... Read more
This book focuses on the lives and works of two of the very first women of European American ancestry to practice architecture in North America during the 19th century. Mother Joseph du Sacre-Coeur, a Sister of Providence - born Esther Pariseau, in St. Elzar, Quebec - is credited with works built in the present states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, northern Oregon, and in the province of British Columbia. For her contributions, Mother Joseph was honored by the State of Washington as one of two people to represent it in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, DC. Louise Blanchard Bethune ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781771860130
SKU
V9781771860130
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99-50
About Blank, Carla; Martin, Tania
Carla Blank is the author of Live On Stage! and Rediscovering America: The Making of Multicultural America, 1900–2000, and is a coeditor of PowWow: Charting the Fault Lines of the American Experience—Short Fiction from Then to Now. She has written topical essays related to arts and culture for El Pais, Green Magazine, Hungry Mind Review, and the San Francisco Chronicle, ... Read more
Reviews for Storming the Old Boys' Citadel
An effective, valuable historical reference work. A worthwhile acquisition for academic, public, and high school libraries." —Library Journal, on Rediscovering America "Books like this one are vital in highlighting what our history notes have left out. They remind us to redefine our views and question our records. If we need to redefine the history of architecture today, let it ... Read more