Mary Louisa Page (1849–1921) was the first American woman to graduate with an accredited architecture degree in the United States.

[4] Following graduation, Mary Louisa established a drafting, blueprint, and abstracting service company—Whitman & Page—with classmate Robert Farwell Whitman in 1887.

Choosing a male partner was undoubtedly strategic, helping to put customers at ease with a female architect.

[3] In 1892, she was a secretary for the Capital City Abstract & Title Insurance Company headed by Millard Lemon.

She is credited with having designed the Samuel & Ira Ward House at 137 Sherman St NW in Olympia, which was built around 1889.