Dr Dora Riedel

Dora Riedel was the first woman to earn a diploma in architecture in Chile and in South America (1930), and one of the first women to obtain a license to professionally practice architecture in Chile.

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Doris Mary Clark Núñez

Doris Mary Clark Núñez is considered the first Peruvian woman architect. She was also the first woman to study at the Escuela de Ingenieros del Perú (School of Engineering of Peru) in Lima, Peru (1924).

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Luz Amorocho

María Luz Amorocho Carreño was the first woman to earn a diploma in architecture in Colombia (1945), graduating from the School of Architecture at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.

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