ABSTRACT
Browsing through Hungarian architecture journals from the 1950s and 1960s, it is conspicuous that of all the architectural specializations, women professionals are concentrated in industrial architecture. What could have been the appeal of industrial architecture, a markedly technical field traditionally dominated by men, to Hungarian women architects and structural engineers at this early stage of the emancipation process? To explore this question, this chapter reviews the policies that were enacted towards women during the first two decades of Hungarian state socialism and considers the special situation of women engineers at this time. It briefly summarizes the careers of several seminal women working in industrial architecture, and provides some preliminary analysis to assist future research.
