Women And Museums, 1850Û1914: Modernity And The Gendering Of Knowledge (Gender In History)

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.

• | Author: Kate Hill
• | Publisher: Manchester University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0719081157
• | ISBN-13: 9780719081156