For Women's History Month, we're celebrating 5 inspiring and forward-thinking females who revolutionized the architectural field forever.

This Women’s History Month, we?re celebrating five inspiring and forward-thinking females who revolutionized the architectural field forever. In a time when women were expected to look after the home, these architects blazed new trails by designing homes (and iconic buildings) instead. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, they reshaped city skylines, shattered glass ceilings and built structures that speak for themselves. Here are their stories.
Portrait of Marion Mahony Griffin, 1935 \ National Library of Australia
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961)

Born in 1871 in Chicago, Marion Mahony Griffin was one of the first licensed female architects in the world. As Frank Lloyd Wright?s first employee, Griffin worked on structures (such as the Fishwick House in Australia and Henry Ford?s personal home in Michigan) that expanded the American Prairie School architectural style in the United States, India and Australia. While Marion?s talents were not truly appreciated in her lifetime, she is now remembered as one of the greatest delineators in architectural history. Marion Mahony Griffin design for suburban residence \ National Archives of Australia
Portrait of Julia Morgan, 1926 \ Kennedy Library Online Archive, California Polytechnic State University
Julia Morgan (1872-1957)

From being the first woman admitted to the prestigious architect...