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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:59:56 -0500 Sally Ann Stanton wrote:
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>Museum professionals are underpaid and undervalued because what they
do
>is perceived as "soft", "nonessential", "nonprofit", "educational",
and
>that means "not all that important", in a society where the dollar
is
>almighty.
Wow. This was a posting worth staying awake for... Couldn't agree
more with
your premise (I could write a whole dissertation on the public's
attitude
towards "nonprofit" and "public institution" alone...I never thought
of it
in gender terms, but it makes a lot of sense.) Here's wishing you
tons of
success.
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amalyah keshet
director, visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
date: 07/31/96
visit our web site at http://www.imj.org.il
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