Thank you all for your comments. It is definitely helpful to hear what others think of this subject as it is relatively new to me. In my opinion--based on my limited experience--there appears to be a shortage of women in top positions in museums. Not limited to museums, women are rarely seen in management positions and dominate in education fields. This imbalance is confusing and upsetting. Since women make up a majority of museum professionals and audiences do they not deserve the opportunity to share in the decision making in all capacities?? Art museums are especially interesting as statistics show a significantly higher percentage of American women compared to men are graduating with degrees in art, art ed, art admin (and museum studies for that matter) so....? As I've said, it's all new to me, so feel free to keep the comments coming...I have recieved some great article suggestions also. Thank you! Shyra [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).