Greene and her mother lived as lodgers on Chicago’s South Side, and Greene entered the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1932 to study architecture. She was the only black and only woman member of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ student chapter and she also became a member of Cenacle, the university’s drama club.11Greene’s name and image are included in a group photo of the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Greene is also mentioned in an ...
