The List

Visionary women

Black Licensed Women

The following is a list of women of color who received a license in architecture.

  Architect’s Name Date Licensed State
1 Beverly Greene 1942 IL
2 Louise Harris Brown 1949 IL
3 Norma Sklarek, FAIA 1954 NY
4 Henrietta Virginia Harney 1958 NY
5 Carmen Seguinot Demspter 1964 NY
6 Christine Benglia Bevington 1965 NY
7 Marilynn Tatum Stanley 1968 NY
8 Nada Williams 1972 NY
9 Donna C. DeJongh 1974 VI
10 Jennifer Ashley Rittler 3/28/1974 OH
11 Roberta Washington, FAIA 1975 NY
12 Sharon E. Sutton, FAIA 1976 NY
13 Marcia A. Roberts 3/15/1978 OH
14 Isbel King Bradshaw 5/22/1978 CA
15 Joyce Mosley 10/13/1978 NY
16 Allison G. Wiliams, FAIA 10/24/1980 CA
17 Wilhelmenia C. Hinton-Lee 1980 DC
18 Rachel Phyllis Jordan 1/26/1981 CA
19 Carole Margetson 3/20/1981 NY
20 Carol J Smith 3/20/1981 NY
21 Donna Dean Carter, FAIA 8/31/1981 TX
22 Marlene Mills 1981 DC
23 Kathryn Tyler Prigmore, FAIA 3/10/1982 VA
24 Ivenue Love-Stanley, FAIA 1983 GA
25 Garnett Covington 1983 DC
26 Lynda Andrea Haith 1/18/1983 VA
27 Katherine A. Williams 9/16/1983 MI
28 Barbara A. McGee 11/10/1983 MD
29 Sandra Madison 1984 CA
30 Susan Meacham 1984 CA
31 Michelle Lea Pride-Wells 1985 FL
32 Hermine E. Ricketts 1985 NY
33 Gail Lelia Thompson 1985 NY
34 Patricia Griffin Mackie 10/8/1985 DC
35 Marlene Einor Jefferson 1/1/1986 DC
36 Karen M. Duncan Bonner 9/1/1988 NJ
37 Andrea Thompson Copeland 9/20/1989 VA
38 Janene K. Christopher 1989 CA
39 Carylon Jean Tyler 1989 CA
40 Venessa Yvette Acham 1989 CA
41 Melania J. Boyd 2/23/1990 OH
42 Karen Slaughter-DuPerry 2/26/1990 VA
43 Sharon Ferguson (Brittain) Pope 3/5/1990 GA
44 Tenetia Y. Mack 6/12/1990 OH
45 Audrey Stokes O’Hagan 7/20/1990 KS
46 Jennifer E. Coleman 9/14/1990 OH
47 Cheryl McAfee Mitchell 9/27/1990 KS
48 Catherine Price Counts 10/21/1990 NJ
49 Deborah Banks 11/16/1990 DC
50 Felicia G. Hornsby Cooper 1990 LA
51 Susan Maraget Hinkson 1990 NY
52 Sylvia L. B. Townes 1990 GA
53 Annie Louise Walker-Bryant 1990 GA
58 Sylvia L. B. Townes 1990 GA
59 Annie Louise Walker-Bryant 1990 GA
60 Kyle Felice Bressant 1990 MD
61 Joellyn Willoughby Martyn 1990 MD
62 Diane J. Hoskins, FAIA 1990 MD
63 Susan Maraget Hinkson 1990 NY
64 Catherine Price Counts 10/21/1990 NJ
65 Melania J. Boyd 2/23/1990 OH
66 Tenetia Y. Mack 6/12/1990 OH
67 Jennifer E. Coleman 9/14/1990 OH
68 Susan Nelson 12/2/1991 DC
69 Julie Perkins Scott 1991 IN
70 Kimberly Combs Voss 4/2/1991 MI
71 Laurie Allison Wilson 4/26/1991 WA
72 Lori Patterson Saizan 9/19/1991 NJ
73 Alexa Barnes Donaphin 1991 NY
74 Diana Ursel Williams Peeples 1991 NY
75 Barbara Laurie 1992 DC
76 Cynthia Edith Johnson 1992 DC
77 Cynthia McClendon 12/1/1992 DC
78 Beverly K. Hannah Jones 1/6/1992 MI
79 Robyn Fleming 3/17/1992 NY
80 Anne Raccine Fishe 7/31/1992 OR
81 Leslie Jeanine Neblett 10/15/1992 NY
82 Simone Christine Dennery 1992 NY
83 Susan Nelson Kougias 1992 IL
84 Magali Regis 1992 NY

Black Female Fellows Of the FAIA


Roberta Washington


Sharon Sutton


Stacy A Bourne


Charyl McArce-Duncan


Cheryl McAfee-Mitchell


Diane Hoskins


Donna D. Carter


Gabrielle Bullock


Ivenue Love-Stanley


Kathryn Tyler-Prigmore


Norma Sklarek


Allison Williams


Zena H. Howard
2019


Dominique M. Hawkins
2019


Dina A. Griffin
2019


Anzilla R. Gilmore
2019

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