1. Agnes Ballard was an American architect and educator.
19 Facts About Agnes Ballard
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Agnes Ballard was the first female registered architect in Florida, the sixth woman admitted to the American Institute of Architects and the first from Florida.
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Agnes Ballard was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, on September 14,1877, the daughter of Dana L Ballard and Jane R Carpenter, both originally from Vermont.
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Agnes Ballard attended public schools in Worcester, Massachusetts, and went on to attend Wellesley College in 1902.
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Agnes Ballard graduated from Worcester Normal School in 1905.
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Agnes Ballard moved north once more when she became a private secretary in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Agnes Ballard was not only the first woman to be a licensed architect in the state, but she received the first license beyond those the five-member licensing board in Tallahassee issued to themselves.
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Agnes Ballard ran an ad in the local city directory and became a regular fixture in the local society column.
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When he organized a local architects' club, Agnes Ballard was the secretary.
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Agnes Ballard ran for County Superintendent of Schools, alongside Clara Stypmann who ran for the school board.
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Agnes Ballard had worked as a teacher for the school district before, but her six years of architecture experience was relevant because the district was booming and needed to build new schools.
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Agnes Ballard was elected President of the Royal Palm Educational Association, an alliance of the school districts of three Florida counties.
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Agnes Ballard once fired a male principal who had his students demonstrate at her home until police were called.
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Agnes Ballard contacted Youngblood for a teaching job, and she was given one at Conniston Road School.
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Agnes Ballard sang and played the organ; she played chess.
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Agnes Ballard was involved in many clubs and other activities, to the extent that her friends called her "Activity" Ballard.
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Agnes Ballard occasionally travelled, visiting England and Scotland in 1908.
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Agnes Ballard took a trip to Europe in 1926, visiting Paris and the French Riviera.
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Agnes Ballard died on November 24,1969, in West Palm Beach.