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In 1922, the four chapters formed a national organization called Alpha Alpha Gamma, for which Steinmesch served as president from 1928 to 1930. Alpha Alpha Gamma eventually became the Association for Women in Architecture (AWA) in 1948. Although AWA later dissolved as a national organization, its California chapter remains active as a professional organization, now called the Association for Women in Architecture and Design, or AWA+D.","H. May Steinmesch passed away on May 21, 1979."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the H. May Steinmesch Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the H. 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