Architects: Julia Morgan

Womanica

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Julia Morgan (1872-1957) was an American architect based in the San Francisco area. She designed, rebuilt, and remodeled hundreds of buildings, most famously the Fairmont Hotel and the Hearst Castle. She was the first woman to gain an architecture license in California and posthumously won the AIA Gold Metal from the American Institute of Architects.

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0:00.0	In Mississippi, Yazoo Clay keeps secrets.
0:04.8	Seven thousand bodies out there or more.
0:08.5	A forgotten asylum cemetery.
0:10.6	It was my family's mystery.
0:13.0	Shame, guilt, propriety, something keeps it all buried deep until it's not.
0:20.2	I'm Larison Campbell, and this is Under Yazoo Clay.
0:24.2	Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:30.1	I'm Nicola Cochlin, and for BBC Radio 4, this is history's youngest heroes.
0:36.6	Rebellion, risk, and the radical power of youth.
0:40.3	She thought, right, I'll just do it.
0:41.9	She thought about others rather than herself.
0:44.9	Twelve stories of extraordinary young people from across history.
0:48.7	There's a real sense of urgency in them.
0:51.1	That resistance has to be mounted. It has to be mounted now.
0:54.5	Follow History's youngest heroes wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.2	Hello, I'm Carmen Borka Carrillo, a producer here at Wonder Media Network, and I'm so excited
1:06.5	to be guest hosting this episode of Womanica.
1:09.8	This month, we're talking about architects.
1:13.4	These women held fast to their visions for better futures,
1:16.5	found potential in negative space,
1:18.6	and built their creations from the ground up.
1:24.9	A woman looks out over the Pacific Ocean.
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