March 21 Woman of the Day is Norma Sklarek, the first licensed African American female   architect in 1954.  Information about this pioneer can be found here:

Visionary Video: http://www.visionaryproject.org/sklareknorma/

About.com: http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/p/sklarek.htm

Obituary, includes slide show of Sklarek’s projects: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/norma-merrick-sklarek-first-black-female-licensed-architect-dies_n_1268748.html#s683993&title=Norma_Sklarek

Women in Architecture: http://women-in-architecture.com/fileadmin/wia/pdfs/PDFs_Role_Models/Norma_Merrick_Sklarek.pdf

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