International Archive of Women Architects Newsletter #24
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Local author speaks at the Del Norte Library
Del Norte County Library 190 Price Mall, Crescent City
Friday August 23, 2013 5-7 pm
Presentation and discussion at 6pm
Men & Women, who like to read, write, work, and discuss
Wendy Bertrand architect and author invites you to the Del Norte Library where she will be talking and facilitating a discussion on various goals in writing her memoir, as well as reflections on publishing and presenting her concerns after the publication just one year ago.
The themes of how we work, how we think about places, how social factors including gender and race show up in place making, and how our personal and professional lives are integrated and important will be touched on as well as topics of interest to the audience.
Speaking at The Green Arcade Bookstore
Wendy Bertrand speaking March 28, 2013 at The Green Arcade Bookstore
The Green Arcade 1680 Market Street at Gough in SF
Enamored with Place: As Woman + As Architect is Wendy Bertrand’s thought-provoking memoir. A licensed architect, Bertrand received her degree from UC Berkeley in 1972, a time when only 3 percent of architects were female. Her book is a prime example of “social history,” chronicling the experiences of a working single mother on a mission to thrive in her chosen field—both personally and professionally—despite all odds. It is especially interesting because of Bertrand’s acute awareness of social impact in building design, and her lifelong commitment to social equity within her profession. www.thegreenarcade.com
Speaking at San Francisco Main Library
TUESDAY March 5 
Writing Women’s Lives
MAIN LIBRARY All programs at the Library are free.
100 Larkin Street Latino/Hispanic Community Room A lower level
The Art, Music and Recreation Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents:
San Francisco architect and author Wendy Bertrand will read from her newly published memoir, Enamored With Place: As Woman + As Architect, (Eye On Place Press, 2012), and will discuss the importance of women’s voices in documenting social history.
Her memoir chronicles her experiences as a single mother on a mission to thrive, both personally and professionally. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Architecture (1971) and a Master of Architecture (1972), after study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Bertrand graduated at a time when only 3% of registered architects in the U.S. were female. She practiced architecture mainly with the U.S. Navy. She is a founding member of the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals. Her feminist values and concern for social justice have informed her design and management decisions, as well as her vision for the future of the profession.