Minerva Parker Nichols

Drawing of Minerva Parker Nicolas, 1890

Minerva Parker Nichols (1860–1949) was the second (after Louise Blanchard Bethune) American female architect who established a very successful, although brief, business and recognition, and the first one who did so without partnership or assistance of a man.[1][2][3]Ms. Nichols died in 1949 when she fell to her death while inspecting the roof of her daughter's house which she designed.[4]

Notable buildings

New Century Club, Philadelphia

References

  1. ↑ Margaret Lester, Specialization and Significance: An Assessment of the Career and Works of Minerva Parker Nichols
  2. 1 2 editor, Edward T. James, editor ; Janet Wilson James, associate editor ; Paul S. Boyer, assistant (1974). Notable American women, 1607–1950 : a biographical dictionary (3. print. ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 630. ISBN 0-674-62734-2.
  3. ↑ Prather-Moses, Alice Irma (1981). "Nichols, Minerva Parker". The International Dictionary of Women Workers in the Decorative Arts. The Scarecrow Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-8108-1450-1.
  4. ↑ "A Designing Woman Far Ahead Of Her Time". philly-archives. Retrieved 2015-10-15.


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