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Comment: How do unpublished private papers meet Wikipedia's verifiability standard? GoingBatty (talk) 03:52, 16 September 2026 (UTC)- Comment: Note that the comment above is no longer relevant as the reference has been removed. I am adding other details from reliable sources. DaffodilOcean (talk) 01:01, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: I have added multiple reviews of her 1917 book. She is also covered in the news, meeting WP:GNG. Finally, being elected as fellow of the elected to American Society of Landscape Architects contributes to notability. DaffodilOcean (talk) 17:51, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
Ruth Dean | |
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| Other name | Mrs. Aymer Embury |
Ruth Bramley Dean (1889 - 1932) was a landscape architect at a time when it was difficult for women to work in the field.[1]: 11 She laid out her ideas in her 1927 book The Livable House, Its Garden.[2] Amongst her ideas she stressed the importance of linking the house and garden, placing the house in the context of sun, wind and outlook, and using native plants.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Dean was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in November 1889.[4][5] After graduating from Wilkes-Barr High School, she studied landscape gardening at the University of Chicago[6] from 1908 until 1910.[4] She left the university to work in the office of landscape architect, Jens Jensen. After a brief period working for Rand McNally, she moved to New York City and started her own office in 1915.[7][4]
Career
[edit]Dean is most known for her work designing private residential gardens. She particularly focused on making the landscape attractive, but remaining mindful that the garden must be an appropriate setting for the house.[8] Her other projects included rooftop gardens and the grounds of the Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, New Jersey.[citation needed] In 1929 Dean had 15 projects in her office and employed five women.[citation needed] In 1932, two of her gardens were included in a set of gardens exhibited by the American Society of Landscape Architects.[9]
Awards and honors
[edit]In 1921 she was elected to the American Society of Landscape Architects[5] and in 1929 she was awarded the Gold Medal for Landscape Architecture of the Architectural League of New York,[10] the first woman to do so.[5] She received the award for three gardens she designed in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Dean worked on several projects with Aymar Embury II, whom she married in 1923. They had one daughter, Judith Dean Embury.[1]: 136–161 Dean died on May 27, 1932.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Zaitzevsky, Cynthia (2009). Long Island Landscapes and the Women who Designed Them (First ed.). New York: Norton & Company Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-73124-8.
- ↑ Reviews of The Livable House, Its Garden
- "Review of THE LIVABLE HOUSE—ITS GARDEN". Landscape Architecture. 8 (1). American Society of Landscape Architects: 49–49. 1917. ISSN 0023-8031.
- "Landscape Architecture". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1917-06-03. p. 35. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- "Review". Detroit Free Press. 1917-06-03. p. 69. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Dean, Ruth (1917). The Livable House, Its Garden. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company. p. 174.
- 1 2 3 4 Birnbaum, Charles; Fix, Julie (1995). Pioneers of American Landscape Design II: An Annotated Bibliography. Clemson University Libraries. pp. 40–44.
- 1 2 3 "Obituary for Ruth Dean". The Times Leader. 1932-05-28. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Garside, Francis (1923-04-08). "Miss Dean won distinction as architect of landscapes". Hartford Courant. p. 90. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Dille, Marie (July 17, 1916). "Women who lead the way". Altoona Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Whitehead, Russell F. (1922). Architectural Record 1922-10: Vol 52 Iss 4. Internet Archive. McGraw Hill Publications Company. pp. 350–352.
- ↑ "Views of Long Island Estates at Landscape Architects' Exhibit". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 1932-03-27. p. 45. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ "Three in One". The Springfield Press. 1929-06-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Lee, Anne (October 1929). "Three Gardens at Grosse Point, Mich. Ruth Dean Landscape Architect". Architectural Forum / The Brickbuilder: 505–512.
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