Norah Dunphy
Norah Dunphy was the first woman to graduate with a degree in architecture in the UK, in 1926. She was employed as a town planner, the first woman in the UK in this role, and later taught planning.
Norah Dunphy
- Name
- Norah Dunphy
- Occupation
- Architect and town planner
- Born
- 1858
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Norah Dunphy was the first woman to graduate with a degree in architecture in the UK, in 1926. She was employed as a town planner, the first woman in the UK in this role, and later taught planning.
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• Name — Norah Dunphy • Other Names — Norah Roberts • Occupation — Architect and town planner • Years Active — 1926–1937
Career
Career
Dunphy studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and was awarded a B. Arch. degree (RIBA Part 1), the first woman on the UK to achieve this. She subsequently studied Civic Design and gained a first-class Certificate in Civic Design. The head of the School of Architecture, Charles Herbert Reilly, was supportive of women studying architecture. After graduating she was appointed as a town planning assistant to the Tynemouth and North Shields Corporation in 1931. After marriage she changed to teaching planning.
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Personal life
Dunphy initially lived in Llandudno and attended John Bright School. She later married and was then called Norah Roberts.
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1858
Norah Dunphy born.
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The Norah Dunphy Gold Award for Architecture is made by the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Twenty-eight of her architectural drawings, made while she was a student and when employed in Tynemouth and North Shields, are held in the archives of University of Liverpool.
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