Women and museums 1850–1914: Modernity and the gendering of knowledge (Gender in History)

Synopsis

This Is The First Attempt To Recover The Entirety Of Women's Contribution To British Museums In The Period 1850-1914. It Sheds Lights On Women As Museum Workers, Donors And Visitors, Demonstrates That Through Such Roles Women Profoundly Influenced The Development Of Museums In The Period And Suggests That Museums Were A Key Site For The Development Of Modern Gendered Identities--back Cover. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Inside The Museum: Including Or Excluding Women? -- 2. Outside The Museum: Women As Donors And Vendors -- 3. Outside The Museum: Women's Donations, Materiality And The Museum Object -- 4. Women Visiting Museums -- 5. Women As Patrons: The Limits Of Agency? -- 6. New Disciplines: Archaeology, Anthropology And Women In Museums -- 7. Ruskin, Women And Museums: Service And Salvage. Kate Hill. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.