"Propersia di Rossi, born in Bologna in 1490, furnished some
admirable plans in architecture.
"Madame Steenwyck and Esther Juvenal, of Nuremberg, are mentioned as
eminent designers.
"In the 17th century, Plantilla Brizio, of Rome, was a practical
architect, and left monuments of her excellence.
"The wife of Erwin Steinbach materially assisted her husband in the
erection of the famous Strasburg Cathedral, and within its walls a
sculptured stone represents the husband and wife as consulting
together on the plan."
The ordinary course of training given, as a basis, and I have no
doubt that women will submit, in response to public invitations, as
handsome designs for public and private buildings, as men.