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Breaking Ground
by Jane Hall
(Phaidon, £29.95)
PICK up a book on architecture written last century and check the index. You’ll struggle to find women’s names — or non-European names, for that matter.
The opportunity for women, even Western ones, to study architecture and to pursue a career in the profession was severely limited.
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