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The Association for Women in Architecture + Design (AWA+D and formerly known as The Association of Women in Architecture AWA) is a professional society for women in the fields of architecture and design.

History
AWA+D traces its roots back to 1915, when four architecture students were denied entrance into the men's architectural fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis. These students, Mae Steinmesch, Helen Milius, Angela Burdeau and Jane Pelton created their own society which they first named La Confrerie Alongine. After discovering other women from other schools were interested in joining a similar organization, they formed Alpha Alpha Gamma (AAG) which was a sorority for architecture students.

In 1928, Steinmesch became president of AWA.

was an organization affiliated with Alpha Alpha Gamma (AAG).

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