About Marion Manley
Lived 1893 – 1984 (aged 90–91). Marion Manley was an American architect.
Marion Isadore Manley (April 29, 1893 – February 1984) was an American architect, the second woman registered to practice in Florida, and the thirteenth female member of the American Institute of Architects.
Biography Manley was born in Junction City, Kansas, in 1893. After she graduated from the University of Illinois, she moved to Miami, Florida, in 1917 where she practised for almost 50 years, contributing to the development of the urban environment. So rare were female architects at the time that when she joined the American Institute of Architects, her acceptance letter and some later correspondence were addressed to 'Mr. Marion Manley'.
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American architect
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Marion Manley was born on 29 April 1893 in Junction City.
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Marion Manley died in 1984.
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Marion Manley was an architect.
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