ABSTRACT
After many private architectural commissions became scarce during the Second World War, architects Hilde Reiss and Jane Drew engaged in consultancy projects. In the United States, Reiss advised war workers how to transform temporary housing into homes for the Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo, while Drew researched and developed kitchen proposals for the British Commercial Gas Association in the United Kingdom. Because such projects involved significant public outreach in the form of publishing and exhibiting, this chapter reveals that they provided women with a platform from which to guide the architectural expectations of non-professional audiences. By depicting women throughout their work, Reiss and Drew tailored their content to reach audiences of women, encouraging them to participate an architectural transformation that would modernize their lives.
