Franziska Porges Hosken
General Information
Occupation: Journalist, Photographer, Consultant
Birth City: Vienna
Birth Country: Austria
Resident State/Province: Massachusetts
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Frances Loeb Library, The Franziska Porges Hosken Collection ; The Technical Reference Center of Texas A&M University
Specialties
Subject: Lecturer
Description: Various lectures given on women's issues and problems concerning health - Khartoun, Sudan; Mogadisho, Somilia; Mexico; Copenhagen; Nairobi; Miami, Florida; and guest lecturer at universities in the US and Europe
Subject: Publisher and Editor
Description: Women's International Network News; quarterly women's issues journal
Subject: Journalist
Description: Specialist in Urban Affairs, Housing and Development (International)
Subject: Consultant
Description: Prepartory Planning Group of UN HABITAT Conference on Human Settlements; World Bank: Integration of Women in Sites and Services Programs; World Health Organization: Seminar on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children
Subject: Photographer
Description: Owner of Architectural Color Slides, largest slide collection of cities and buildings worldwide
Jobs
Employer: Boston Globe
Title: Weekly columnist on architecture and urban affairs
City: Boston
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Employer: Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Title: Architectural Designer
City: Chicago
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Employer: Contract Interiors
Title: Designer
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Employer: HOSKEN, Inc.
Title: Owner / Vice President & Treasurer
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Employer: M. Brown (office interiors)
Title: Interior Designer
City: Boston
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Employer: Cambridge Adult Education Center and Garland College
Title: Interior Design and Housing Instructor
City: Lexington
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Employer: University Without Walls
Title: Associate Professor of Urban Studies
City: Boston
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Employer: US Coast Guard, Women's Reserve, Ensign
Title: Communications Intelligence
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Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Humanist Heroine
Description: American Humanist Association
Name: Smith College Alpha Society for Creative Imagination
Name: Women Leader 1980
Description: Marie Claire magazine, France
Name: Alternative Press Award
Description: International Reporting by Editors of Utne Reader
Exhibitions
Title: Boston Visual Arts Union
Description: group show
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: Boston City Hall Gallery
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: Boston City Hall Gallery
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: December 01, 1974
End Date: December 01, 1974
Title: MIT, Hayden Gallery
Description: group show
City: Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Notable Projects
Title: Basic Research
Description: Fieldwork and Establishment of Epidemiology of Female Genital Mutilation
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Title: Development of Childbook Picture Book Program Series
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Education
Institution: U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve, Ensign
Department: Officers Training
Institution: Harvard University
Department: Graduate School of Design
Degree: Master of Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1944
Institution: Smith College
Degree: Bachelors of Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1940
Institution: Vienna, Austria
Degree: Matura with Excellence
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notes: Post-graduate work in City Planning
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Women's International Network
Role: Founder, Coordinator
Organization: Human Rights Health Action Network
Role: Organizer
Organization: Boston Society of Architects, Chapter AIA
Role: Associate
Organization: Board of Massachusetts Humanist Association
Role: Member
Organization: University Without Walls
Role: Member of the Board
Organization: National Urban League
Role: Member of the Board of Housing Committee
Organization: American Institute of Planners
Role: Associate Member
Organization: Smith College Alumnae Magazine
Role: Editorial Board
Publications By
Title: The Kathmandu Valley Towns (Multi-Media)
Title: Genital Mutilation of Women in Africa
Title: Housing Subsidies, Industrialized Production and the User
Title: Urban Development and Housing in Asia
Title: Female Sexual Mutilations, WIN NEWS
Title: Women and International Human Rights - Toward a Definition of Women's Rights
Title: Women's International Network - WIN NEWS
Title: Human Needs in the Environment of Human Settlements
Title: The Kathmandu Valley Towns
Title: The Language of Cities
Title: Education for Urban Living
Title: Integration of Wimen in Sites & Services Programs
Title: A Pragmatic Approach to Teaching Urban Studies
Title: The Visual City (Multi-Media)
Title: Seminar on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children
Title: The Childbirth Picture Book/Program
Title: International Directory of Women's Development Organizations
Title: Les Mutilations Sexuelles Feminines
Title: The Hosken Report - Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females
Title: FOCUS - The Functions of Cities for Us (Multi-Media)
Title: Urban Development and Housing in Africa
Title: The Functions of Cities
Publications About
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