"This is the first attempt to recover the entirety of women\'s contribution to British Museums in the period 1850-1914.
It sheds lights on Women as museum workers, donors and visitors, demonstrates that through such roles Women profoundly influenced the development of Museums in the period and suggests that Museums were a key site for the development of modern gendered identities"--Back cover.. "This is the first attempt to recover the entirety of women\'s contribution to British Museums in the period 1850-1914