Architect of Capitol Hit With Sex Bias Suit From Ex-Acting Head

The ex-acting Architect of the Capitol claims that she was passed over for the second highest-ranking role at the government agency because she’s an older woman who’d filed a prior discrimination complaint.

Chere Rexroat filed suit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Architect of the US Capitol, the agency overseeing landmarks and preservation management at the US Capitol campus. She’s asking for a court order placing her as the deputy architect.

Rexroat, currently chief engineer at the agency, is a woman in her late 50s who served as the agency’s acting head—the Architect—from ...