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Julia Morgan: Forgotten, Omitted, Overlooked, Or Celebrated, Renee Meyer
Julia Morgan: Forgotten, Omitted, Overlooked, Or Celebrated, Renee Meyer
Masters in Architecture Program: Theses
Julia Morgan (1872-1957) was the first female registered architect in the state of California (1902). Despite her prolific independent practice, recognition for her work came late even for her most known project, Hearst’s Castle in San Simeon, California.
Throughout history, women have been repeatedly left out of the history of architecture and design, often being overshadowed by their male partners. This paper will seek to clarify reasons to decipher why this particular architect was left out of history and the media during her lifetime and will show that her omissions were not solely due to the fact that she was …