"Childless" has negative connotations; nobody is "less" of a person just
because he or she is not a parent.  Use "child-free" instead, it's much
less offensive.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Toni Kiser <
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> I would be interested to participate as well.
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> Toni M. Kiser
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> Assistant Director for Collections Management
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> The National WWII Museum
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> 945 Magazine St.
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> New Orleans, LA 70130
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> 504-528-1944 ext. 601
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> *From:* Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Kali Mason
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:34 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [MUSEUM-L] Being Childless, a Woman, and Working in a
> Museum
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> Hi Joan,
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>
> This sounds interesting and something I may want to participate in. I am a
> curator who  is a woman who is unmarried and childless. What kind of
> stories are you looking for?
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>
>
> Kali
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> *From:* Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Baldwin, Joan
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:05 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* [MUSEUM-L] Being Childless, a Woman, and Working in a Museum
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> Good morning fellow Museum L folks.
>
> Together with Anne Ackerson, I am working on a book tentatively titled
> *Women|Museums* to be published by Routledge in 2016. In writing the
> chapter women, children, parenting and work, the question of women without
> children kept coming up. I am interested in hearing from women without
> children specifically about how that has affected (or not) your lives as
> museum workers.
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> If you have a story or information to share, we'd love to hear from you.
> If you'd rather not make it public, please contact us here and we will
> arrange for a phone interview in the new year.
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>
>
> Thank you so much for your help,
>
> Joan
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>
>
> --
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> Joan H. Baldwin
> Curator of Special Collections
> The Hotchkiss School
> 11 Interlaken Road
> Lakeville CT 06039
> 860-435-3251/3256
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> *NEW BOOKS:* *Leadership Matters and Women+Museums* Blog
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