Josephine Wright Chapman (1867–1943) was a pioneering woman architect, one of fewer than 100 practicing nationally in the first half of the 20th century.

She was also the first woman architect "in the history of American architecture to start and head her very own firm,"[1][2] which she accomplished at the tail end of the 19th century.

[3] Practicing both in Boston and New York, she got her start as an apprentice in the prestigious Blackall, Clapp and Whittemore firm.

Chapman would go on to set up her own firm in Boston, in Grundmann Studios, a women's art collective, in 1897.

[2] After 1901, she applied to join the American Institute of Architects and the Boston Architectural Club.