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A BUILDING MODEL

here is a powerful saying that speaks to the need for visible role models in careers like architecture: Norma Merrick Sklarek (1926–2012) remains one of those hidden personalities who drew her own blueprints in the profession—not only as a woman, but also as a Black woman in the decidedly maledriven world of American

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