Ethel Furman
Ethel B. Furman | |
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Born | Ethel Madison Bailey July 6, 1893 Richmond, Virginia, United States |
Died | February 24, 1976 | (aged 82)
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse(s) | William H. Carter (1912-1918) Joseph D. Furman (1918-) |
Ethel Bailey Furman (
Biography
Ethel Madison Bailey[1] was born in Richmond, Virginia. She was the daughter of Margaret M. Jones Bailey and Madison J. Bailey.[2]
She married William H. Carter on October 12, 1912, in New Jersey, and they had two children.[2] Their daughter, Thelma Carter Henderson was born in 1914 in Buffalo, New York and their son, Madison Carter, was born in 1916 in Lakawana, New York.[4] Having divorced Carter by 1918, she married Joseph D. Furman, a Pullman porter for the New York Central Railroad.[2] Together they had a son named J. Livingston Furman.[5]
After training in
Education
As a young child Furman started to gain knowledge on architecture and the building arts by shadowing her father, Madison J. Bailey, who was the second licensed Black building contractor in Richmond.
Notable works
Furman designed over 200 churches and residences in Virginia and two churches in Liberia, including the Fourth Baptist Church Educational Wing which still stands in the historic Church Hill district of Richmond, Virginia.[1]
To recognize her contributions to the field of architecture, a park in Richmond was named after her in 1985.[1][8] In 2010, Furman was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her civic work and accomplishments in the field of architecture.[9]
Later life
Furman died in 1976. She is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
References
- ^ a b c d "Ethel Bailey Furman". Virginia Women in History. Library of Virginia. 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d Dreck Spurlock Wilson (ed.), African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945, Routledge, 2004, p. 222.
- ^ a b Selden Richardson, Maurice Duke (ed.), Built by Blacks: African American Architecture and Neighborhoods in Richmond, Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008, p. 92.
- OCLC 470313343.
- ^ ISBN 0415929598.
- ^ a b Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Women Architects. University of Illinois Press.
- ^ "Virginia Memory: This Day in Virginia History". www.virginiamemory.com.
- ^ "Ethel Bailey Furman Memorial Park". Foursquare.
- ^ "Virginia Women in History: Ethel Bailey Furman". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
Further reading
- Wilson, Dreck Spurlock. African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945. New York: Routledge, 2004.
External links
- https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/ethel-madison-bailey-carter-furman
- Ethel Furman at Find a Grave
- Virginia Changemakers. “Ethel Bailey Furman.” https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/items/show/167
- William Richards. “Pioneering Architects: Ethel Bailey Furman.” https://www.aia.org/articles/6380755-pioneering-architects-ethel-bailey-furman