What is Maya Lin?
[[Image:Maya Lin, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Maya Lin]] '''Maya Ying Lin''' (born October 10, 1959) is a [[China|Chinese]]-[[United States|American]] [[architect]] and [[artist]]. She is most famous for her [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]] in [[Washington, DC]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/books/review/james-reston-jr-a-rift-in-the-earth.html|title=The Right Way to Memorialize an Unpopular War|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 September 2017|accessdate=2021-02-05|last1=Lewis|first1=Michael J.}}</ref> and the [[Civil Rights Monument]] in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]. In 2016, Lin was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom|title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom|date=16 November 2016|accessdate=2021-02-05}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{National Women's Hall of Fame}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Maya}} [[Category:American architects]] [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]]