Martha Stewart Leitch

Martha Stewart Leitch
Born Martha Stewart Leitch
June 27, 1918
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died December 20, 2015
Education University of Toronto
Occupation Architect
Known for Architecture
Awards Citizen's Award (Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario)

Martha Stewart Leitch (1918-2015) was a Canadian female architect graduating from the University of Toronto and later serving at the Dean of Engineering at the university.[1]

Career

Preferring to be know an "Marty", Leitch graduated with a Bachelors in Architecture from the University of Toronto and attended University of Cambridge for advanced studies after being chosen as a Commonwealth Scholar.[1] She achieved Professional Engineer standing while teach at the University of Toronto and eventually became Dean of Engineering where she was a mentored hundreds of students over the span of her career.[1]

Leitch entered into a profession of architecture and construction that was traditionally difficult for women, however she was adamant in staying in these professions "come hell or high water".[2] During her career, she founded a civil engineering firm with her husband, acted as a lecturer, assistant professor, and Dean at the University of Toronto, became a fellow at the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and was member of the Ontario Association of Architects.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Martha Stewart Leitch", GlobeLife: Deaths (The Globe and Mail), January 9, 2016
  2. ↑ "Martha Stewart Leitch", International Archive of Women in Architecture (Virginia Tech)
  3. ↑ Grierson, Joan (Mar 31, 2008), For the Record: The First Women in Canadian Architecture, Dundurn, p. 40


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