Examining the Role of Women and their Work in Britain's 'Quietly Revolutionary Practice of Landscape Architecture'1 in the Post World War II Period

考虑到女性在该行业的开始和发展中所扮演的角色，景观建筑（LA）领域通常被描述为进步的，有些人甚至将其描述为“解放”。尽管人们多年前就已经理解了这一点，但直到最近才有一种趋势，即研究女性在该职业中的角色。这在很大程度上采取了历史传记的形式，聚焦于少数杰出女性的生活和工作。然而，正如申克和莱利所表明的那样，这种方法只能带我们到此为止。人们越来越意识到，有必要将我们的知识探索转向一个更多元的框架，将洛杉矶历史上的女性纳入考虑社会、政治和意识形态的议程。这项研究计划将寻求以某种方式解决这一差距，为这一学科注入新的活力和理解。这不仅有可能改变我们对历史的看法，以及该行业在英国更大的历史叙事中的地位，而且还可能为当前的制度结构、意识形态和实践提供信息。

The field of landscape architecture (LA) is often described as progressive when considering the rolewomen played in the inception and development of the profession, with some even describing it as'emancipatory'2. Although this has been anecdotally understood for many years, it is only recentlythat there has been a trend towards examining the role of women in the profession. This has largelytaken the form of historical biography with a spotlight being shone on the lives and work of a fewremarkable women. And yet, as Shenker3 and Riley4 both show, this approach can only take us sofar. There is a growing awareness of the need to shift our intellectual enquiry towards a moremultiplicitous framework of women in the history of LA that takes into account social, political andideological agendas5. This research proposal would seek to go someway toward addressing this gapand in so doing, breathe new life and understanding into the discipline. This not only has thepotential to change our view on history and the industry's place within Britain's larger historicalnarrative, but it could also inform current institutional structures, ideologies and practices too.