Kathleen James-Chakraborty – In-person seminar at the Humanities Institute, UCD.

Focusing on Ethel Power, Ethel Bailey Madison Furman, and Chloethiel Woodard Smith, this talk presented preliminary observations on my research into their careers.  It detailed what I know about the way in which House Beautiful, which Power edited, prepared women to be consumers of a variety of approaches to domestic architecture.  It also introduced listeners to Furman’s work as a designer of churches and houses for the Richmond, Virginia, area’s African American community.  Finally, it presented Smith’s work as an architect, planner, and policy maker.