Julia morgan biography book

Julia Morgan is the real deal. That is, she had architecture in her DNA, and she worked her ass off. So much of the appeal of reading about her life is the pleasure in seeing how that effort paid off.

As a woman forging a way into a male-dominated field, she had to work doubly, triply, the amount her male counterparts did- to get into the prestigious Parisian Beaux Arts program, to be taken seriously. Hers was a path forged in the first half of the 20th century, so her trajectory was not feminist in the contemporary sense.

And while she did a lot of work for women's organizations, this bio makes it clear that it really was about doing the work.

Julia morgan biography book for kids

Kastner tells Morgan's story in a fittingly workmanlike way. We get the family background, the dedicated climb to the top, lore behind notable buildings. But not much in the way of interpretation. The narrative moves briskly from one project to the next, with t