Women's Places

<p>What was different about the environments that women created as architects designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing political and social status in a male world? Through a series of case studies <em>Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860-1960</em> examines in detail the professional and domestic spaces created by women who had money and the opportunity to achieve their ideal. Set against a background of accepted notions of modernity relating to design and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries this book provides a fascinating insight into women's social aspirations and identities. It offers new information and new interpretations in the study of gender material culture and the built environment in the period 1860-1960.</p>