Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Catherine Bauer Wurster
1905-05-11 – 1964-11-21
Life & Legacy
Catherine Krouse Bauer Wurster (May 11, 1905 – November 21, 1964) was an American public housing advocate and educator of city planners and urban planners. A leading member of the "housers," a group of planners who advocated affordable housing for low-income families, she dramatically changed social housing practice and law in the United States. Wurster's influential book Modern Housing was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1934 and is regarded as a classic in the field.
Occupation & Career
architect, policymaker, educator
Education
Harvard University; Vassar College; Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Guggenheim Fellowship
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
Employer
Harvard University · University of California, Berkeley
Education & Institutions
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning · Harvard University · Vassar College
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Family Spouse
William Wurster
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