Thaïsa Way is the Program Director for Garden & Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, a Harvard University research institution located in Washington DC. Thaïsa presented an online lecture entitled "Shaping Landscape Architecture in the Early 20th Century: Race, Gender, and Difference" to CGLHS members on February 17, 2021. A video recording of the lecture can be viewed on the Members Only CGLHS Talks page of this website.
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