This book addresses American women's problems in homes and office buildings, in urban and suburban areas, and in neighborhoods and assesses the institutional barriers to change that have prevented women's needs from being adequately addressed in the decisionmaking process.

In recent years, increasing self-awareness has led women to examine and question their environments-largely designed and structured by men-in light of their particular needs and experiences. Inevitably, these changes in consciousness have led to demands for changes in existing architectural, social, and psychological environments and for an increas