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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College
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Museums, Feminism, And Social Impact, Audrey M. Clark
Museums, Feminism, And Social Impact, Audrey M. Clark
Museum Studies Theses
This paper aims to explore the history of women within the context of the museum institution; a history that has often encouraged collaboration and empowerment of marginalized groups. It will interpret the history of women and museums and the impact on the institution by surveying existing literature on feminism and museums and the biographies of a few notable female curators. As this paper hopes to encourage global thinking, museums from outside the western sphere will be included and emphasized. Specifically, it will look at organizations in the Middle East and that exist in only a digital format. This will lead …