ABSTRACT
From Dallas to Berlin, urban landscapes were transformed at the turn of the twentieth century by a novel type of builder: women. Changing patterns of life and work prompted women to seek and define new territories, both imaginary and physical, that supported their evolving identities as modern gendered citizens. Scholars have investigated this widespread phenomenon through case studies of London, Boston, Chicago and other Western cities. 1 By focusing their investigations on particular locations, these authors capture the specificity of circumstances – cultural, political and economic – that gave rise, in each place, to gendered architectural claims. Historical records make clear, however, that female urban activists paid close attention to developments beyond their cities; influences crossed the Atlantic in both directions.
