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In confronting expectations of domesticity in a patriarchal society, these women gained recognition within their communities and took on an active role in changing their communities for the better.\r\n \r\nTheir stories have faded over the years, but archival resources in the region enable us to uncover the details of their activities: early professional women’s organization and networking; their right to vote; the development of feminist pedagogy within architectural practice; the struggle for gaining respect and recognition as professionals in their fields of design;  education reform; the  employment of World War I veterans; philanthropy; low-income housing; ecological conservation; sustainable development; and the planning of urban public spaces.\r\n\r\nThe locations visited on this tour—places where these women lived, worked, and organized, as well as aspects of the built and material environments that they designed—represent various spaces carved out by women of disparate social classes, with a shared emphasis on collaboration and gender equity. Given the fact that women’s work and recognition are less likely to survive in the historical record, built or otherwise, we focus on the spaces and ways in which women networked, shared ideas, and held dialogues to foster social and creative growth, in sites defined by collaboration rather than steel beams and concrete. Taking an expansive approach to both the concept of design and the idea of site, the tour brings these women’s diverse stories together to demonstrate the essential ways in which they have shaped Rhode Island.\r\n</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/fullsize/936935998f83c1b26f3fa8b5c0a7d2e2.jpg","items":[{"id":258,"title":"A New Kind of School for Women","latitude":41.65084230000000076188371167518198490142822265625,"longitude":-71.26063179999999874780769459903240203857421875,"thumbnail":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/square_thumbnails/936935998f83c1b26f3fa8b5c0a7d2e2.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/fullsize/936935998f83c1b26f3fa8b5c0a7d2e2.jpg","subtitle":" ","address":"1 Old Ferry Rd, Bristol, RI 02809","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":254,"title":"From Trash to Treasure","latitude":41.81725529999999935171217657625675201416015625,"longitude":-71.3903440000000273357727564871311187744140625,"thumbnail":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/square_thumbnails/ec61fc556b9045d917d347fd5d8675c6.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/fullsize/ec61fc556b9045d917d347fd5d8675c6.jpg","subtitle":"A Look at India Point Park","address":"201 India St\r\nProvidence, RI 02903","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":257,"title":"A House Designed for Architects (Demolished)","latitude":41.82639470000000159188857651315629482269287109375,"longitude":-71.3987889999999651990947313606739044189453125,"thumbnail":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/square_thumbnails/0246b4d1ef569697951fe123fe7d0f12.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.rhodetour.org/files/fullsize/0246b4d1ef569697951fe123fe7d0f12.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"29 Manning Walk\r\nUrban Studies Building\r\n29 Manning St\r\nProvidence, RI 02912","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":263,"title":"A Shell for Knowledge at Mary C. 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