Laura raises an interesting discussion point. I understand that many people who choose not to have children prefer the term "child-free." That said, someone who would like to have children but does not may more readily identify with "childless." The former is a positive lifestyle choice, the latter indicates circumstance. I personally prefer to say "I don't have children."On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Laura A. McKee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:"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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:I would be interested to participate as well.
Toni M. Kiser
Assistant Director for Collections Management
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
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Hi Joan,
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?
Kali
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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.
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.
Thank you so much for your help,
Joan
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The Hotchkiss School
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