https://mallhistory.org/files/original/a8f173b54bbaed3cd70409adf4c1b089.JPG c5025c4272462e660ee5c1d73dc5d373 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sharon Styer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maya_Lin_1.JPG">Wikimedia Commons</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 March 2007 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 10/05/1959 Birthplace Athens, Ohio Occupation Architect Biographical Text Maya Lin was born in Athens, Ohio. Both of her parents were professors at Ohio University; her mother, a poet, taught Literature and her father, a ceramic artist, was Dean of the College of Fine Arts. Lin received a Bachelors of Arts in 1981 and a Master of Architecture in 1986 from Yale University. An artists as well as an architect, she has created outdoor installations across the country. In addition to her work on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lin has designed many prominent pieces, including the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama and the Women's Table at Yale. In 2005, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as the National Women’s Hall of Fame in New York state. Her studio, Maya Lin Studio, is based in New York City. First Name for nav purposes Maya Last Name for nav purposes Lin Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maya Lin Description An account of the resource Maya Lin won the design competition for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a> in 1981. She was an undergraduate student majoring in architecture at Yale University when her design was chosen from nearly 1,500 entries. She proposed an abstract design in the shape of an open V, meant to look like a healing wound. Known as "the Wall," the Memorial was not liked by some members of Congress who expected a more traditional monument that looked like others present on the Mall. Lin defended her design before Congress, and visitors and veterans eventually embraced this design. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1980-1999 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikimedia Commons. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maya_Lin_1.JPG">View original image</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maya Lin design & monuments