Lisa Lee featured in Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin: “A Home for Public Housing”
Introduction
As director of the National Public Housing Museum, Lisa Yun Lee ’91 is challenging narratives about public housing and reimagining the idea of a 21st-century museum.
“There was a time, much like now, when housing insecurity was one of the foremost issues facing people.” Lisa Yun Lee ’91 is referring to the 1930s, when the country was in the wake of the Great Depression. People needed housing, and the United States government stepped in to help. Tens of thousands of people entered a lottery to move into new, affordable homes managed by Uncle Sam.