Telling (Her)Story: Women Designers in Rhode Island
This tour focuses on the design-related work of women in Rhode Island from the late 19th century to the present day, exploring how women—as individuals and in …
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A New Kind of School for Womenlocation_fillFrom August 13–26, 1978, 78 women from 17 states as well as Canada gathered at Roger Williams College (today R…
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From Trash to Treasurelocation_fillOn any given summer day in the city of Providence, you’re likely to notice a steady flow of people—Rhode Islan… -
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A House Designed for Architects (Demolished)location_fillWhat should an architect’s new house look like in a historic neighborhood? This is the question that Margaret … -
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A Shell for Knowledge at Mary C. Wheeler Schoollocation_fillFrances Henley’s involvement in the construction of Wheeler School in Providence can be interpreted as a means… -
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The Legacy of the Rochambeau Houselocation_fillThe house was named for Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), the French General … -
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A Passion for Planning and Preservationlocation_fillIt might be hard to imagine that Benefit Street hasn’t always been considered a special historic area. Many gr… -
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Historic Preservation in Miniaturelocation_fill“Over ten years ago, two women, both lovers of antique Colonial furniture, decided to popularize its beauty by… -
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A Home on the Hill for Handicraftslocation_fillIn 1904, ten women gathered together, led by former school teacher Julia Lippitt Mauran, to form a club in Pro… -
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Ghost Architecturelocation_fillThe structure, six stories of Second Empire architecture, was the largest private building in the area when it… -
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Frances E. Henley and the Wilcox Buildinglocation_fillIn 1893, the talented and ambitious young Frances Evelyn Henley, refused to make a career in teaching, as sugg… -
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Frances E. Henley and Providence Plantations Clublocation_fillHow to become respected and how to keep your femininity when doing a male's job? This was quite a burden for R… -
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A Touch of Modernity at Classical High Schoollocation_fillHave you ever imagined yourself juggling six children’s needs, housework, and professional career? It may soun… -
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A. and L. Tirocchi Gownslocation_fillThe Tirocchis began their dressmaking business downtown, and in only four years amassed enough elite clientele… -
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Women Building Buildings for Womenlocation_fillIn 1978, three women engaged in a conversation about the role women professionals could play in changing women… -
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Elizabeth G. Pattee and her Ecology of Designlocation_fillUpon entering the nineteenth-century stable that is now 48 Crestwood Road during the Great Depression, a visit… -
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A Dash of Modernism In the Middle of the Woodslocation_fillIf you walk into the woods of East Greenwich, you would hear the shouts and laughter of children from the fore…
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