Norah Dunphy
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Norah Dunphy | |
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| Other names | Norah Roberts |
| Occupations | Architect and town planner |
| Years active | 1926–1937 |
Norah Dunphy was the first woman to graduate with a degree in architecture in the UK, in 1926. She was employed as a town planner, the first woman in the UK in this role, and later taught planning.
Dunphy studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and was awarded a B. Arch. degree (RIBA Part 1), the first woman on the UK to achieve this. She subsequently studied Civic Design and gained a first-class Certificate in Civic Design. The head of the School of Architecture, Charles Herbert Reilly, was supportive of women studying architecture.[1] After graduating she was appointed as a town planning assistant to the Tynemouth and North Shields Corporation in 1931.[2] After marriage she changed to teaching planning.[1]