Traditionally, architecture has been a purely masculine profession. Women were relegated to craftwork, domesticity, private work; that is to say, to home life. There were no university careers, among other things, because women had no access to the classrooms.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a new model for women was born in western society defined by their incorporation to cultural sectors and professional work, previously an exclusively masculine world. Travelling companions in the vanguard, both generous and enthusiastic, the pioneer women architects appear, coinciding with women’s access to further education, or what we could call to the places of learning. In this way, the Irish woman Eileen Gray, Aino Maarsio Aalto (Finnish), Margaret McDonald Mackintosh (Scottish), Allison Smithson (English), Charlotte Perriand (French) or Ray Eames (North American) made their names. Women who worked and became known due to their association with their companions: Jean Badovicci, Alvar Aalto, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Peter Smithson, Le Corbusier or Charles Eames.
Chaise Longe. Charlotte Perriand
