Georgina Pope Yeatman
American architect
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| Intro | American architect | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Georgina Yeatman | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Georgina Yeatman | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | Architect Farmer | ||||||
| Work field | Engineering | ||||||
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| Birth | 26 June 1902, Ardsley, Westchester County, New York, USA | ||||||
| Death | 30 October 1982Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA (aged 80 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||||
| Residence | Carteret County, North Carolina, USA; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA | ||||||
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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.
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. She was the city's first woman Director of Architecture.