Georgina Pope Yeatman
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Born | Georgina Pope Yeatman June 26, 1902 Ardsley, New York, U.S. |
Died | October 1982 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, MIT |
Occupation | Architect |
Parent(s) | Georgie Watkins Yeatman Pope Yeatman |
Buildings | YWCA Building |
Georgina Pope Yeatman (June 26, 1902 – October, 1982) was an American architect and the daughter of prominent mining engineer Pope Yeatman. She earned her associate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. When Pennsylvania refused to award a woman a Bachelor of Architecture, she enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving her degree from them in 1925.[1][2]
She began her architectural career in the office of Bissell & Sinkler, and then started her private practice, effectively taking over the office of Bissell & Sinkler. In January 1936 Yeatman was appointed Director of the Department of City Architecture for the City of Philadelphia and remained with the City for a four-year term.[3] She was the city's first woman Director of Architecture.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Pioneering Women Architects in North Carolina". North Carolina Modernist Houses. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ Barbour, Ruth P.; Cartereet County Historical Society (N.C.) (2001). Open Grounds : then and now. Morehead City, N.C.: Carteret County Historical Society.
- ^ "Yeatman, Georgina Pope (1902 - 1982)". Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Retrieved 15 October 2015.