Women and museums 18501914

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Author: Kate HillISBN: 9780719081156Publisher: Manchester University PressYear first published: 21 Jun 2016Pages: 272 Format: Hardback"This is the first attempt to recover the enti rety 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. Show more