Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio. At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall. At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant. Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room. With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days. Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.