Networking - AIA Women in Architecture

For my second Networking Event I attended an AIA Triangle Women in Architecture Committee meeting. The evening was broken up into three parts first was networking, second was viewing the documentary “A Girl is a Fellow Here”: 100 Women Architects in the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the last part was open discussion on the documentary. The meeting was held at the Goels Plaza located in Morrisville, NC.

I really enjoyed this meeting it was so much different than the previous Networking Event I attended. One thing I enjoyed the most was the Networking Scavenger Hunt that started the evening. We were all given a sheet with 9 categories, and were left to meet people that fulfilled those categories. It was a great opportunity to get everyone out of their comfort zone and force then to introduce themselves to new people.

Prior to this even I have a pre-conceived opinion of Frank Lloyd Wright being a womanizer and male sovinest. But after viewing this film I saw a different side of Wright, one that was supportive of women throughout his career despite the common public opinion.

The film we watch focused on 6 of the hundreds of women employed in Wright's Studio as well as Taliesin West. Those 6 women were follows: Marion Mahony (1871-1961), Isabel Roberts (1871-1955), Lois Davidson Gottlieb (1926-presant), Jane Duncombe (1925-presant), Eleanore Petterson (1916-2003), Read Weber (1908-1990).