Category: Biographical

Happy 153rd Birthday, Julia (1872-1957)!

A few of the birthday greetings Julia received from her family still survive. They were mailed to her in Paris, where she was studying architecture. Her mother Eliza. . .

A Birthday Present

Julia’s sister Emma sent her a novel for her twenty-ninth birthday, writing on January 6, 1901: “I wish you ever so many happy Birthdays and this one too – trusting in some way that you may have. . .

Solitary No More

During her first two years in Paris, Julia was often lonely. Her life improved in the fall of 1898, when her younger brother Avery joined her. . .

Happy Sesquicentennial, Julia!

Julia Morgan was born 150 years ago, on January 20, 1872. At that time, her future seemed certain: marriage, then motherhood, then the genteel pursuits. . .