"NO DOCUMENTS. NO HISTORY." -- Mary Ritter Beard, famous American archivist, historian, and suffragist who helped to lead a movement for the collection of documents throughout the world of the many lives and works of women who made a difference around the world (1935-1940) in the collection of an [...]
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Olive Tjaden (Van Sickle) — Women’s History Month
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MARCH 1-31, 2016 Of the 24 architects practicing in Fort Lauderdale more than 50 years ago, the only female architect practicing was Olive Tjaden (pronounced Jay'-Den) who arrived from New York, where she had already practiced architecture for twenty-five years. She lived at 30 Hendricks Isle, designing duplex apartments for herself and [...]
Florida’s Big Dig 