WOMEN AS ARCHITECTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 79, 23 May 1911, Page 5

WOMEN AS ARCHITECTS.

Miss Fay Kellog, a successful New York architect, has been giving her opinion of the profession as v c.mic" fur women to an American newspaper representative. In spite or her uro-’ mising career as a student. Miss Keilog did not instantly step into an appointment. Some American architects, she declares, “nearly dropped dead” when she asked them to employ her. In 1886 she was employed by tint late Mr. John Carrcrc, who ha t assisted and encouraged many young architects. After a period of training *n this office she made tier ua\ to Pans where she was the pioneer uho o! • tained entrance to the Beaux Ari< Architectural course ror women. At first'the authorities flatly i erased u accept her. Undaunted, she went to the head of the institute, ■ i.ily to meet the same adamani.'.i.e denial. Slio quietly wont on with her art studies, and was lucky enough to meet a deputy from one of the departments in the South of France. , Ho was amused at her /.cal, but came to see that she had some right on her side. He got a law passed within ten days after her request admitting women to the course at tho Beaux Arts. Miss Kellog was just starting home to America, so she did not profit. She soon started on what she calls real work, securing an appointment in the office of the designer of the Hall of Records. She started business fob herself with a few largo clients, and has done some good work. She 'remodelled a block of five-story buildings in New York,, and though she has a distinct reputation for bungalows, she aspires to sky-scrapers. Architecture, thinks tins enterprising and gifted designer, is a profession suited to women. Tliov are naturally home-makers, and from their practical experience they ought to know just what is necessary for comfort, and should bo able to make the best ol available space and material.