About Florence Ward Stiles
Lived 1897 – 1981 (aged 83–84). Florence Ward Stiles was an American architect and librarian.
Florence Ward Stiles (1897–1981) was an American architect and librarian who in 1939 was appointed the first advisor to women students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was awarded an architecture degree as a member of MIT's class of 1923. After graduating, she joined the all-woman firm of Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. Her career included working at the firm of Stone & Webster. In 1948 she resigned her position as Rotch librarian to resume her private architectural practice.
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American architect and librarian
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Florence Ward Stiles was born in 1897.
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Florence Ward Stiles died in 1981.
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