Greta Gray
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Greta Gray was an American architect, home economist, and academic.[1] She was born September 30, 1880, in Covington, Kentucky and died January 18, 1961, in Cathedral City, California.[2] She is noted as the most progressive early writer on the domestic environment.[3]
Greta Gray earned her Bachelor of Science in architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901.[2][4] While at MIT, she was one of 24 members of Eta Sigma Mu, the first club for women students at MIT. The intention of the club was to "organize a society for the promotion of a more cordial fellow feeling among the women students for a mutual social benefit." Eta Sigma Mu, later renamed to The Cleofan, recruited members by writing to women who intended to become students over the summer months.[5]
After completing her degree at MIT, Gray worked in the field of architecture and design for 9 years, including a year of travel and study in Europe.[2] She then went on to complete a preparatory course in education at the State Normal School in Cheney, Washington.[6] In 1914, she graduated from the teachers college at Columbia University with a Master of Arts.[2][4] In 1926, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from Yale University.[2][4]