New Book---GENDER PERSPECTIVES: ESSAYS ON WOMEN IN MUSEUMS
           Edited by Jane R. Glaser and Artemis A. Zenetou
           Smithsonian Institution Press
 
Thirty-two well known women and men contributors, from the 1990 Conference,
"Gender Perspectives: The Impact of Women on Museums." The essays address
the impact of feminist criticism and scholarship in both research and
collections development. They discuss the influence of gender perspectives
on museum administration, planning, education programs, exhibitions, and
hiring and promotion practices. They explore ways of balancing gender
representation, removing barriers to change, and encouraging
participation of women of diverse heritage in all museums. The
contributors,from a wide range of museums and universities, with
unflinching honesty, they gauge the profession's response to the
burgeoning influence of women in American society at large.
 
Paperback, available in book stores in April. To order: ISBN, 325-6P,
call (800) 782-4612 or write SI Press, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0900.
$15.95 plus $2.25 postage and handling.