| Florence Ward Stiles | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Field: | Architecture |
Florence Ward Stiles (1897–1981) was an American architect and librarian who in 1939 was appointed the first advisor to women students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1] She was awarded an architecture degree[2] as a member of MIT's class of 1923.[3] After graduating, she joined the all-woman firm of Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc.[4] Her career included working at the firm of Stone & Webster.[4] Later she established a private practice with a focus on small dwellings and remodeling historic houses.[4] In 1931 she became the librarian at MIT's Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning. She joined the American Institute of Architects in 1943.[5] In 1948 she resigned her position as Rotch librarian to resume her private architectural practice.[6]