Name: Bertha Yerex Whitman
Date of Birth / Location: 1892 / Newaygo, Michigan
Date of Death / Location: 1984 / Cass City, Michigan
Education: Bachelor's of Architecture, University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design, 1920. Bertha was the first woman to graduate from that College, earning her degree in 1920.
Firms and Partnerships Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton. In 1934, she took a job as a social worker for the State of Illinois. While in that position, she helped remodel state offices.
Professional Organizations & Activities: Whitman received her license in 1926. Whitman, Juliette Peddle, and Ruth Perkins produced an exhibit at the Women’s World’s Fair of 1928 for the Chicago Woman’s Architectural Club. She co-founded the Chicago Women's Architectural Club (CWA), which would merge into AIA. She was vice-president of Chicago Women’s Architectural Club (CWA) in 1930.
Awards & Honors: Winner of a Better Homes contest sponsored by a contractor’s association in 1931 for her design of the B.G. Lawrence House in Evanston, Illinois.