User talk:OceanBlue11/sandbox

SAVANNAH (princebeans) INTRO "Norma Merrick Sklarek (April 15, 1926 – February 6, 2012) was the first African American woman to pass her license exam to permanently become an architect in both New York (1954) and California (1962)[10] after Beverly Loraine Greene (IL, 1942) and Georgia Louise Harris Brown (IL, 1949)." - First, I dont think permanently is the right word because a license can be revoked. Maybe officially? - Why not just say she's the 3rd, as opposed to 1st after these other people? It's a little misleading.

"Born and schooled in New York City, she was most successful after moving to California at age 35 and remained the only licensed African American woman in California until 1980."[3] - This night be more suited to be in biography.

EARLY LIFE "She grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She remembered that her parents told her "things that are worthwhile and from which one receives great satisfaction are never easy, but require perseverance and hard work." During the Great Depression her father taught her carpentry skills and suggested she become an architect." - I feel like this could be simplified as I found it a little confusing. Also I don't think the quote is super necessary. COnisder: "Sklerek grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn during the Great Depression where her father taught her carpentry and first encouraged her to become an architect."

CAREER As an architect, Sklarek was tenacious and level headed. Understanding that discrimination would be an issue she faced all of her career, she decided to take it head on. Working at her second firm, Gruen Associates, she carpooled to work with a fellow, male employee who had been with the company for many years. Riding with this fellow employee she was late most days in her first couple of weeks. After a short amount of time she was approached by her boss even though her male counterpart, who had been late for many years, had never been approached. In response to this she told a California magazine, "My solution was to buy a car since I, the highly visible employee, had to be punctual." [1] She interviewed with Architecture magazine in October 1991. The article she interviewed for also interviewed many other female architects. Sklarek's responses remained short and to the point, contrary to the other interviewee's. For instance in response to a question about perceivable "glass ceilings" within firms Sklarek stated, "If a woman is considerably better and more productive than her male counterpart, she can rise close to the top" while others submitted long paragraphs on their personal struggles with the "glass ceiling."[9] - I would consider giving this its own section separate from her accomplishments. Perhpas "Discrimination" or something like that Princebeans (talk) 17:24, 6 March 2020 (UTC)princebeans]

Jaylin CAREER I would have to disagree i think that section should be apart of the career section. MichaelBluth2020 (talk) 17:37, 6 March 2020 (UTC)MichaelBluth2020]

Lily CAREER i think the beginning of the career section is great and gives a comprehensive summary of her achievements. I agree with prince beans that the end part talking about her responses in interviews could have its own section focused on challenges she faced. Billyboffman (talk) 17:45, 6 March 2020 (UTC)billyboffman]