Daphne Spain is an American academic who studies urban and environmental planning. Ms. Spain's scholarship addresses the relationship between the built environment and social structure, with an emphasis on gender. A long-term research interest is the way in which groups of women change the urban environment. Her books include Constructive Feminism: Building Women's Rights into the City, Gendered Spaces, and How Women Saved the City. Daphne Spain is an American academic who studies urban and environmental planning. Ms. Spain's scholarship addresses the relationship between the built environment and social structure, with an emphasis on gender. A long-term research interest is the way in which groups of women change the urban environment. Her books include Constructive Feminism: Building Women's Rights into the City, Gendered Spaces, and How Women Saved the City. ...more