It might be of some help if one could do a comprehensive study on
Dr.Grace Morely, the founding Director of the National Museum in New
Delhi. She was not only a pioneer woman Director, but also a professional
who proved her mettle in a totally different socio-cultural milieu in
India ~ especially at a time when ironically India was trying to loosen
the British shackles !
GEORGE JACOB
COMMONWEALTH FELLOW
MUSEUM STUDIES PROGRAM
University of Toronto

On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Boylan P wrote:

> My colleague here, Vicki Woolard, has just submitted a substantial
> Masters these to Leicester University Dept. of Museum Studies on Mollie
> Harrison, one of the 20th century pioneers of museum education in the UK
> (and indeed internationally through ICOM and UNESCO) - particularly
> through her work with the Geffrye historical museum in London.  No doubt
> this thesis will become available in due course.
>
> My impression is that proportionately far more senior museum directors
> were women in the USA in particular in the first half of the century than we
> have seen in more recent times (as in librarianship and school headships, to
> talk two other examples) and I have come across quite a number of obituary
> appreciations of such pioneering figures recently when working
> through the professional literature in relation to the forthcoming 50th
> anniversary history of ICOM.
>
> I know that Jane Glaser of the Smithsonian has been interested in these
> issues for a long time, and probably has far more specific bibliographic
> references than I have - though I cannot think of any over-view
> parallelling for museum staff the growing number of substantial
> historical works on women artists.  Jane is a very activer MUSEUM-L-er
> and will no doubt speak up for herself on this!
>
>
> Patrick Boylan
>
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>
> On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Stacey Howe wrote:
>
> > I am interested in researching the contributions of women in
> > the development of museums.  Alexander's _Museums in Motion_ is
> > a solid overview of the history of museums but he doesn't mention women's
> > contributions.
> >
> > I have done some preliminary investigation at my university but
> > have not turned up any works specifically devoted to this
> > topic.
> >
> > Could you all recommend other sources of information?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Stacey Howe
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> > Instructional Technology                     University of Virginia
> > *"The question is not what you look at, but what you see"--Thoreau*
> >
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