Anna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943. Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania. In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called "K Brick" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.

Anne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.

Alison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson. As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.

Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet. A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.

Lilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden. Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including Lilies of the Field (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.

Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime. She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing. Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.

Mary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981. After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933. Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.

Virginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota. With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.

Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet. A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.

Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects. Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).

Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio. At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall. At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant. Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room. With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days. Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.

Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992. Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924. In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space. Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas. In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954. Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Hilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932. In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany. Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.

Jane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle. In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.

Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design. She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).

Nobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008. Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job. She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee. By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design. A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.

Susana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York. She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.