Dorothy Hughes | |
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Born | Eugenie Dorothy Ullman 26 June 1910 London, England |
Died | 16 August 1987 Tunbridge Wells, County Kent, England,Buried at Muthangari,Nairobi Kenya. | (aged 77)
Nationality | Kenyan |
Occupation(s) | Architect, politician |
Eugenie Dorothy Hughes, MBE, FRIBA (26 June 1910 – 16 August 1987) was a Kenyan architect, politician, social reformer and disability activist. She founded the Kenyan Council of Social Services and served as the head of the Sports Association for the Disabled. As the first East African female architect, she owned her own firm and is best known for her design of the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.