Dolores Hayden Has Words to Build By
Her lessons are still reshaping urban design and housing justice
November 19th is Women’s Entrepreneurship Day; the perfect time to profile one of urbanism’s most prolific champions.
As an urban historian and architect, Dolores Hayden has spent decades exploring the intricate relationship between cities, gender, and social dynamics. Her work is foundational in how we think about the politics of place, and she’s brought enormous attention to the ways urban spaces can shape and be shaped by issues of race, class, and gender. She continues to challenge the male-dominated world of urban studies, and her ideas have changed the way that many urbanists think about cities today.
