A Woman to Know: Norma Merrick Sklarek

Architecture should be working on improving the environment of people in their homes, in their places of work, and their places of recreation. — Norma Merrick Sklarek

Architecture should be working on improving the environment of people in their homes, in their places of work, and their places of recreation. — Norma Merrick Sklarek

(image via The National Museum of African American History and Culture)

In 1954, Norma Sklarek became the first Black female licensed architect in the United States.

Norma spent her childhoo…