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 > > ================================================= > > 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 > > [log in to unmask] > > -- > > ******************************************************************* > > Stacey Howe [log in to unmask] > > Instructional Technology University of Virginia > > *"The question is not what you look at, but what you see"--Thoreau* > > >