Martha Cassell Thompson

Martha Ann Cassell Thompson (1925 -1968) was a member of the prominent Cassell Family of African-American architects. She was the first woman to graduate from the Cornell School of Architecture.^[1] Along with her siblings Charles Cassell and Alberta Jeannette Cassell, Martha was encouraged by their father, Albert Cassell to attend Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning for their graduate work. She was also one of the only women architects on the team responsible for the completion of the Washington National Cathedral.

References

1. Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004-03-01). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. ISBN 9781135956295.