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Catherine Bauer Wurster

Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (died 1964)

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Born
May 11, 1905
Died
November 21, 1964
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1905

About Catherine Bauer Wurster

Catherine Krouse Bauer Wurster was an American public housing advocate and educator of city planners and urban planners. A leading member of the "housers," a group of planners who advocated affordable housing for low-income families, she dramatically changed social housing practice and law in the United States. Wurster's influential book Modern Housing was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1934 and is regarded as a classic in the field. In 1936 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study housing in Europe and the USSR.

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Catherine Bauer Wurster timeline

  1. Wurster's influential book Modern Housing was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1934 and is regarded as a classic in the field.
  2. In 1936 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study housing in Europe and the USSR.

The world when Catherine Bauer Wurster was born

Catherine Bauer Wurster was born in 1905. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1905

  • Best-selling book"The Marriage of William Ashe" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChristy Mathewson pitches 3 shutouts in the World Series
  • Top headlineEinstein publishes theory of special relativity
  • Technology milestoneEinstein's "miracle year" — E=mc²
  • World population~1.65B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population83.2M

1905 versus 2026

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Measure19052026
Population83.2M341 million

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