They called her Miss Morgan
Miss Morgan was only five feet tall, slender, plainly dressed, and frail in appearance. People said she had an almost Quaker look. She spoke softly, but “when she gave orders, it was with the authority of a Marine drill sergeant.”
Miss Morgan was Julia Morgan, an architect. She graduated from the University of Berkeley in 1894 with a degree in Civil Engineering. She waited two years to be admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris because of her gender, eventually becoming the first woman to graduate there. She was also the first woman registered as an architect in California.
In 1904, Julia opened her own architectural firm, where she shared profits with her associates. Her career lasted 42 years, during which she designed approximately 790 buildings, including the famous Hearst Castle.
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