Henrietta May Steinmesch

Henrietta May Steinmesch (1893 – 1979) was an American architect most notable as a founding member and later the first national president of the Association of Women Architects.

Early life and education Henrietta May Steinmesch was born in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a poultry and feed merchant. At least one source says she was born May 9, 1893, in St. Louis.

Steinmesch obtained a bachelor of architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in 1915. One of their first activities was "La Confrerie Alonginv" (vignola backwards), in 1921, they sent letters to other schools and chapters were started in the University of Minnesota, University of Texas, and University of California Berkeley.

From 1928 until 1930 she was the first president of the national organization. The AWA has been known under several names: in 1975, the Association for Women in Architecture, 1948, The Association of Women in Architecture and Allied Arts, and 2012, Association for Women in Architecture + Design (AWA+D). she died on May 21, 1979 of congestive heart failure at 86

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1964 Junior College (proposal), California c1930 Facilities at Scott Air Force Base