Georgina Pope Yeatman

Georgina Pope Yeatman (June 26, 1902 – October, 1982) was an American architect and the daughter of prominent mining engineer Pope Yeatman. She earned her associate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. When Pennsylvania refused to award a woman a Bachelor of Architecture, she enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving her degree from them in 1925.[1][2]

Georgina Pope Yeatman
Born
Georgina Pope Yeatman

(1902-06-26)June 26, 1902
Ardsley, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 1982
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania, MIT
OccupationArchitect
Parent(s)Georgie Watkins Yeatman
Pope Yeatman
BuildingsYWCA Building

She began her architectural career in the office of Bissell & Sinkler, and then started her private practice, effectively taking over the office of Bissell & Sinkler. In January 1936 Yeatman was appointed Director of the Department of City Architecture for the City of Philadelphia and remained with the City for a four-year term.[3] She was the city's first woman Director of Architecture.[1]

References
  1. "Pioneering Women Architects in North Carolina". North Carolina Modernist Houses. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. Barbour, Ruth P.; Cartereet County Historical Society (N.C.) (2001). Open Grounds : then and now. Morehead City, N.C.: Carteret County Historical Society.
  3. "Yeatman, Georgina Pope (1902 - 1982)". Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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