Matilde Ucelay Maortúa
Matilde Ucelay Maortúa was the first professional woman architect in Spain and the first Spanish woman to hold a diploma in architecture, graduating from the Madrid School of Architecture in Madrid, Spain (1936)..
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Nataliia Chmutina
One of the first professional women architects in Ukraine.
Esther Josefina Ayuso
Esther Josefina Ayuso is considered the first professional woman architect in Belize.
Vicki Telford
Vicki Telford is the first and only woman to serve as president of the Barbados Institute of Architects (BIA, 2003–2005 and 2018–2019).
Tolmone Almis Haid
Tolmone Almis Haid is one of the first professional women architects in Djibouti.
Nana Akua Akumfi Ameah Oppong-Birmeh
Nana Akua Akumfi Ameah Oppong-Birmeh is the founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Principal Architect of Arch Xenus, a majority women and women-led architecture firm in Accra, Ghana.
Alice Charlotte Malhiot
Alice Charlotte Malhiot is considered the first Canadian woman to hold a diploma in architecture from an accredited school of architecture (1910), and one of the first women architects in Canada.
María Fernanda Sánchez
María Fernanda Sánchez is co-founder and deputy director of Estudio Urbano, a firm located in Guatemala City, Guatemala, that provides architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture services rooted in cultural continuity and human-scale environments.
Irina Kostka-Da Silva
Irina Kostka-Da Silva is the managing director of IK Architecture, an architectural firm located in Saint George, Grenada.
Djamila Mary P Gomes
Djamila Mary P. Gomes is the CEO of Arkikasa Sarl, an architectural firm located in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (2025–).