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He was 【otal】y uninfo:mcd, Mrs Houaday PfO】 cs【s

¨The only people who haˇ e CfitiCized us have 忱en those

who havc Πade uP their minds bcfore they haˇ e sp° kcn to

Bs 0u【 PurPose is no〖 scparation, our purposc is to makc

wonen afIisIs es∶ nbIished and。 ve"known so〖 hat〖hey w"l

be aCCep〖 ed ¨

Robcn RosenbIVr△ profcssor of病 ne a^s at New Υofk

U6iversilV a‘ o belleˇes that a sepamte musCum for ΨoⅢˉ

en`an is a“ ghcttoizinε¨

of women artists ¨lfI ψcre a

ovoⅢ an anist, he says,¨ I wou1d PIcfer〖 o bc in thc Naˉ

1ional Canew and no〖 曲ere·

NormaBroude assoCiatepfofessorofartbistoryatAme「iCan UniVe了sity says:

‘I have al、vays fcI1 unco:η foiiable

。·l【h〖 he eonccpt of a separale museuⅢ for ψ0mCn s art lt

seeⅡ s t° me to be a concept that thvidizes Φc posltion of

ovoRen3s ano⒖ reinforClng1heir artincial sepantenes0and

secondˉ c〗 ass sta!us iΠ a eul:ure ∶o uhiCh thcy have n△ adc

cen∶raI but unrCCo皂 nized c° n〖ributions C0nvC阝ely, howwould we bc raCting to thc σeaoon ofa muscum of men sart a single onc as opp° sed to thc many we ooψ have?

Would our culmfe n°t vicw as demeaning the idea tha〖 a

singlc〖nuscum could suffce to s〖 and fOrand coⅢ memon〖e

曲e Crea“ Vc· aComplohmen‘ of men⒎’

Yc〖 dcspite〖 he珏ct that women noW dominnte the aitsChools, many w° mcn artisls Ieporl tbat t,hcy coB“ Πue〖 o

have m°re dimeVlˇ than men in nnding exhibitIOn space

AnsIey Wa11ace coˉ oψnef of Washin逭 :on’ s aeΨ 、创laCe

Wen:ψ o¤山 0alle卩,80pcrcen∶ of Whose arosts are Ψomensays【 hat.。 a"erv support and prcss Covengc of all but theve「.opsc"ln叁 w°mcn a"ls‘ ls stl"fJr】 om cquitable and

thatthe new museum Could do Ⅱuch to hcΙ p 0nc of MfsH° lleday s ponCiPfl jus“ nca“。ns For ulc】 nuscuⅡ

’s CXI,

lence ls〖 h3t lt Ψill ftlnc“on as a supp°rtsystcm and“ home”foΓ ψ。mcn Whose rCputati° ns afe not yet estabIished

‘0ncey° u enla鸭c their rCputations aⅡd increasc thc value°f their

works 1hey wⅡ l be souεht afIer by eve,bQdy,¨ slle cIaims

Many anists hoψever,beIieˇ ethat dus“ baIn″ay~h° use

conno〖 ation may ψorK a兽 ainst thcm ¨I do not belleve in a

museum just for w°men sa阝 CraCe Harigm 【haˇ c

always bcen exhibitd wlIh men n,l'Ψ oⅢen,and I ccdatn!y

don:think I Ψould be】Πtcε☆cd at this point in ny life ln

bcing cxhibi1ed in a separate muscuⅡ lt、 a tou涅 h li允-ˉ

for men and Ψome-but Ψ°田en Ψh0are doing impoItan∶

things a,c bcing sh° wna"°vcfthc place Whatthis ni】 seummay do is pfomote曲 e Cause of ⅢedIOc】e wOInen ails∶s¨whne熊minist anisls and aΠ histj〖)hans a尼 me museum· s

most outsp° ken cHtics,n°t al1of Φem opposε the concept

of a separale musε um for aIt by ψomen Lhda NoCbΙ 】n,

Dis“ nguished Pro允 ssor of AIt Histor/at ulc Cit,Vnivcrs“ y

of New Y° :k,wh° se I971】 and naˉk aniclc in^Rr/l酗 s,‘‘、Vhy Have There Been No Crea〖 Woman A“ lsts? did

so muCh 【o spu「 thc redisCove, aΠ d rceValuat∶on of ncˉ

glcc1ed 、°meR a“ ists °F:he past, is onc Ψh0se absenCe

flom any inv° Ive田 en〖 Wlth ulc Ψ°meⅡ、 musεun o flcquen"y remarked upon ¨Aw。mcn’ s museuⅢ of arlthat

is no【 a strongIy feminist prOJect can only have a negative

and conserVative imPaCt¨ Nochlin says ‘‘I aⅢ for such an

idca°nIy if it is a饴 〖n∶nist p⑼ ect and Cons!itures tbe inten〖

to change the p° s】tion of womCn a“ isls ratner than afmm

i〖 by gbettoizaIion Mrs H°

"aday is using the名

oodwi11of

the women`movemcnt lof a pr0cct〖ha1is totalIy apart

froⅢ thc goals 3nd spirit of prO吕 ressiˇc fe】ηiρ isⅡ Thismuseum, iΠ s【cad of being 陌【the pcople and run by c° mˉ

pCten〖 profess1onals 、ith°ut hindrancc is a soCial battleˉ

rtcld and ple岱 VⅡ n8efound for the sociaIly Prominen【 Ⅱ

Mifiam schapi⒑ one of the country s lending feninist

artists 5ays she suppojts〖 hc museuⅢ ,but she asks scafchingquestions about i∶ s funGtion and naturc Women, schapirosays, need【o de贞ne【 be∶ fo、vn Cul∶ ure,

“and by institu、 ion^

al:zing this Process Ih。 culture at la咚 e 、°uld bave an

opPonuniIy to pa爪 iCipatc in a dyna:oic, ongoing cxpl° 】ˉ

tion For cxaⅢ pIc ifthe tradi〖 i° nal ais of、 vomen~-、 bich

can no、v bc secn in Washing1on s Tex〖 ile、Ιuseum Ψere

display￠ d side by side ψi∶h contcmpora,口 ain⒌ ream a“

:η adc by woⅢ en,would the e5seIl〖 ial philosophic qu6ti° n-ˉ

ls there a womcn s esthett’ be answefed?schapiro also1aIks abou∶ thc nceds oFi5° l乙〖cd、 onlcΠ an

oˇcr曲c count〃 They 、ant t° be rec° gn:zed fof v· /hat

tney m狄e Thcy wan〖 a hls〖o,of their oψn They want1o s￠e and he征 about eXa:△pIes of lo呷 ot〖en womcn whomadc a coΠ t冖 butio∏ But, above all 曲Cy necd rec°gniti° n

ofIheif basic sense ofˇ 缸ue a reinforCement ofthelr vaIues,

o be pan oFa C“〖ica】 mass th征 matters ThClrs is not a

nCed to be pa“ of an exotic Place in 、ashingtoΠ Ψhcre

smaIt partles are held a〖 openings ofquain【 cphCnCra.、~hcre

P°werflll and vvorldly pcopIc cha〖 ter whi】 c〖he long his〖 oq°f woncn s silenCe ls punctu征 ed by lhe arIlfacts and ob,ec1s

in thc Cxhibitjon They need to haˇ e伍eir history at〖 cnded

〖o by schoIars by histohans by anisIs and、 vou】 dˉ be aΠ is〖 s,

by山c commoⅡ mnn and、^aman Women in l.h“

count,nccd to have,Jleir spilltual necds fed by tho museum It

Πccds to bc a national clea冖nghou阱 for alI Ψomcn in isoˉ

laiion It needs to bave grassˉ rlX,Is communita“ an ofg⒊

nized supp0n It should bC!ong to tnc pcoplc, not to an

el血st few LibCra:Od Ψomen do not need anotheⅠ D^RIDaughters°f thc Amcl△ can Reˇ olu“onI Vluseum theyneed a m“ eum of ulek° wn¨

Ann sulhcnand HaE冖s now professor° f alt histoσ at

ulc univefsi〖y°f Pitsburgh ls a feminist Who remains in

favor of lhC P,oJε C1An eaIly supponer of Mfs HoIladayshe bas d1slanced he【下clf fror.the museum s aCtivities s9nce

moˇing t° Pittsburgh, but hcr Πamc stiⅡ appears on the

advisρ q cor,mittce and in thc promotiona!litem"re forthe

museum(Ψhlcb was,in fact,wn⒒ cn by ao advcrtis“ g

a召cn(:】`and whiCh HaⅡ

is d∶ sllkes)‘‘IstiⅡ lblnk the museum

is needcd,¨ H盯Πs says “1t s hdiCu〗 ous lo wa〗 k into any

contcmpo,R muscum and havc to s田 咦 h fo【 til0Womena/usts Nei〖her∶hc opening cXhib“ion ofthc ncψ Mu5cuⅢ

of Modem Anin New YoIk in1984northe tecent C-egleIntemtional in Pittsbu昭 h Con1aincd Ⅲorc than a handful

of VomCn anists This doCsn t fenec〖 what is,eally g° in8

on加 ContCmpof呷 an I think th荻 one maJor museum fL"

of hi8h闷 uality work by、vomc,l wⅡI bc an incIediblc caⅡ

aIyst Anσ sCe"g such a colleCtion,peop怡 wi〗1be inspired

lo ask theirl°ca!museum whCrc they· re keeping lheir works

by ΨomeⅡ l【 ss° bohng to sec Wo,“ by thc samctcn Ⅱcn

in evcry c° ntemporary collcctlon1l’ s nol,ust W0men;anklnds of8ood things aIC being ovedooked

sεve田 l of th° se in∶c卩 iewcd for this artiC】 e, including

Robe爪 Roscnblum, agree wi〖 h schap:rQ tnat a scparate

women’ s Ⅲuseum Could be justincd if it cncompassed the

soCial historv and CulⅡ fe of Wo【ηen and incΙ uded thcif cnfts

as we" as thcir nne arts on1y in this way c° vld it be

considcrcd ⒑ be a t〖 ve specia"y 〖nuseum Abr,m Lcm0f,

sv义 MER!9B6`Ι 】s

dltector emco:us0f lhC Htrshhom MusCum and sculptur

0肛dcn, cXpre‘ scd‘ his idea i·l Il !982 1et!e:of svppoft!o

Mrs Holladay∶“Whme some may disagrec ψith ule n。 ti。n

of a muscuⅢ sePara∶ed by想 ender,I〖 hink i〖 s premlsc is not

rally diffcren〖 from those lnstitu:ions dcdlcnled to na“ onˉ

aliγ , pc“od aesmε tic movemcnt0r any0thcf clc仓 :ly deˉ

flned Cultu[△ l or hisFoocal area··

0thers question Ψhe〖 hcr thC musε om can dcsc0be itsCfas a speciaIty mvseum alon名 those 】incs

·、VomcΠ arε 50percent of〖 hc popuIa〖 ion,’ says Noma BΦ udC ¨

Tllcir

Cul"rc ts° ur cuIture ‘·

【n gencral thefe appears to be less opp° si“on to the

ConCopt° ftht museum as a histoⅡ Cal corcc〖 iˇe Feminis∶

γ"histooans bchcve that it is c‘

scn“al Ψhen mun∶ ing a

histoncal C。

"cc〖

ion to explain the soCial contcx〖 oFO womaⅡ

aαlst’ s Ψo水 (how the sociε 0of hcr“ me"gardcd wonenaris〖s; what compromi5cs, if nny,sbe had Φ make t0achiCˇ c rccognition; how thc fact of bCing a、 voman migh〖

bc crca〖 iˇely t:ncctd in nCr Work)`h° wcˇ c〖 Confron〖aliona1

the facts m钾 be But M^ HoIladay s3ys lhat the socialConteX∶ Wul bc spc!Ied ou【 oΠly if"is of

ⅡhistonCal stgˉ

砬6cmce” Rather lhan“ hl8Ⅲ igh“ Πg pnstε ne1.anCcs,¨ she

says, shc would Ι;kc to ··acccnt thc p0sitive

Ⅱ ⅡWe 扯doing s° me〖 hlng c|se than伍 c feminis:ad hlsto0al s” she

says ‘‘

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ch仓ve no:ploCed〖he cmphnsis on iIlequities bu:

on ach;evcⅢ gRts ’·

M阝 Ho"ada, takes a Combatively tadllional app⒑ ach

to her feminls〖 cn“ cs¨ I feellhat women ψho takε a mo了 0

radical poin: of ie、 may not bc blCssed wi〖 h a bappy

mamage, a5 I bBˇ C bcen My reauy big suppo【 tcrs are

conse「 va〖 iVe 、vomen Who arc vCry pro口d of bcing 、vomenbut have never bcCn ab!e to ldCn∶ ifv Ψilh some oftbe Ⅲorc

attivist Ⅲc1hods ∶ myself havc never bccn an aC【 iˇ e fCmˉ

1I‘`^RT、

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inist Tha〖 doCs not mε an【o sa● ∶bnl we do no〖 ovv e:bem

a debt or grati【 ude Wc have【 red to、 alk the middle roa0

md we woutd ;ikc both grOups:o idcn1iry 、v“h us antl bc

happy about、 ha〖 we a四 doing pcrhnps、 (h CoΠ ci ia【 on

in mind she rcCCndy gavc a 丨ec1ure △bout the musevm to

the Vifginia chaP〖er of thC 、ati°∏nl 0rganiz"i° n lor、°men a丘er a bIVΠ Ch to honOr山 ose、vho havC suppo“ ed

the aChievemen‘ of。/0mCn in∶ he aos the museum`dⅡrcCt0r, Anneˉ Imelda M Radice insists

ⅡWc are in exisⅡ

ence tQ makc pcoPle awafe 0u【 intention is to henld

women.s Connbu〖〗ons, no;:o separa〖 c thcm thus enhanc

ing ‘heif ‘℃putations and leadn刍 1o graduaI in1cgrati° n in

cxisting museums ’ she and `Irs Ho"aday su粤 gesI for

examp e. tha〖 the women s museum may havC bcen thcCat钊 yst for the Na‘ ional C创 lcγ s planned solo sh° ws。 f

BC“he9匹o"sot and Ccorgia0· κeelle

sydne`FreεdbCrg,the Nalonal Ca"e,`chieF cura〖 or

c∶;I::;|:刂】∶苯、言茗:Ⅰ。丨;:∶莒∵::∶:甘:〖 J∶Ⅰ午;i∶the Moosot shoψ for the Naoonal Gallc~ says tha1Iheexhibition ψas ∶he idea oF、 Ioun【 Holyoke Co"e苫 e t、 c

oldest 、oⅡ en· s C0l!Cge in the lJn“ ed states 、ants a∏ il,l

p°rtan〖 oXhibi“0nto ma〖 ki〖 s sesquiCen〖 e△aiol in 1987仓 ndt° highligb〖 〖he achicvcmen〖 s ojits o、 Π (unsegregu【 ed)arI

museum The0Κεeffe exbibl‘ on wm忱 an匆°rcenlemi创

felfospccltve 〖bal was persOnauy requEsted by 0Kee“ ●

sometime bebre her dea曲 this yeOr It is ironic though

thnt the National Galle〃 wi11hold ils hI“ txvo oneˉW0manshoΨ s iΠ the opcIling ycar ofthe women s museum

T强 潇 捌 擀 加 盯 i暴鞯 黼museum otncia1,vvh0asked nC∶ 1o bC iaentined thinks【 hat

thC Co"ecⅡ on is0f ma咚inaI in〖erest and is being ¨sho、ˇ

Cased and glamohzed·· mr beyond l1s mC【 i1

Ji" Meredi:h ho、 ever. 日n art histortan x,ho ψas bired

to catalogue thc co"ec〖 ion, C∶ 〖es as ptlniGularly nne Iw。

pain“ngs by LaΨ inin Fon〖 ana includ1ng Po`f,彳 ″p'C Ⅳo

D`ewo/,,d″ .0″0n。丑l stlllIiⅡ s oy RocbeI Ruysch,a portrai1

of丨he εan ofG°wcr aod hls fami1y by AngeIiCu Knuffnlan

WorKs by svz3nnc ValadoR 〖Wo p仓intings by△

"1a Cabo〖Pcnγ and Aucc Neel’ s Tal,∶ ″″'le`Ⅱ

susan CasFeras,assistan〖 cu〖ator at:hC Cenler lor BoⅡ sh

A“ at Yale univefsity,poin】 s ou"hatthere is no comparablc

co"ec〖ion on gXbibi【 i0n any、 vhcfC so i〖 is hard 〖o make a

conparison she thiⅡ ks tba∶ 曲c Contc△porar, works have

oot bCen as Cnrefully cboscn 甾 the RεnaissanCc xv0rks

Howcˇer,^an Har,s,wh° h△s adviscd Mrs Holladay on

〖he purchase of Renaissancc t,o=k5in thc pas〖 applauds the

fact that MIs Holladny is ψn如ng to buy wo,k by young

conⅡⅡp°farv anis‘ “she docsΠ 1jVs∶ buy approvcd1hings 【ncvi!ably some wul1u〖 η。ut【o be bad buys

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cral art histooans praisc Mrs№

"adaJ·

s~。o0d jud8ment h

sclccung conlcmpo〖 唧 a0 $hC has important worKs byNancy Cravcs,Elainc de Kooning,Lce“ Ⅱasncr,Jo3n

Mitcbell and^llCC Neel Bu1Joscphine Withers,associ灬 e

p的fcssor of ar hlsΦry at ulC UⅡ iˇ e阝 i〃 of Ma9land,saystho‘ dle CoⅡ eCtion is uneven

‘‘I〖 is a vCq in〖cfcs“ ng Priva〖e

￠olleCtio",but,in thc publt a,cna,its clnims lo indudinggtat works and bcing compIChε nslvc bec0me dubious Bu〖

Mfs Holladay has becn quite advcntuΓ ous in〖 he￠ontc】η

p°fa,neld ··

^m°ng earhcf artis,s,〖 hCrC is a s〖

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^anC RadiCC,m archite turJ Iustorlan who aLso hdd‘an

MB^,worKed in〖 he education dCpa,tmcnt dt〖 hc NaIi0nal

Gal!e。 and as山 e Cumtor in ule v s Capi〖 d Arhivcssbe炙gan w° rking atthe womCn s muscum小 a volunteer,

becamc iΔ ∶hi“ uc〖 ing dirCCtor in I984and i〖 s‘m ditctorin 1985 she is inexl,erienced in deaIing、 irn acquis"ions

and exhibitions Tbe museum as yet has nCi〖 he:a C lrator

nor a rcglstnr Ann Ha“ s sa玲 i〖 ncCdS¨ a Cun⑩ r wi山 asoong【 9〖h~and20thˉ ce∏ ¤Jγ baCkground to makcinfomedd。cisi°ns in由 esc2r~ˉas¨ 卜亻any obscrveIs say mey wouldlike t° ζe=a,·CCognized sch°la, of、vomen、 a“

"the CuoatoⅡal heIm

Betty Ge[ber,vice9residcnt of咖 e mu$eu田·sneW e培 h〖ˉ

mcmbcr board und pFsident oF thc^n,c0cm Assoc“ 0onof j/〖 uscum Volun〖C。rs,aCknoψ ledgCs山 u〖 :be lailu〖 to

hirc a cuntorlal snFf bongs thc田 usCum`crcdibi"ty i∏ lo

questi° n she says th.l〖 thc ‘nancial dcmn凼 oF【he newbuiking have been oˇC3ˇhCΙming causing fund冂 isin粤 c°nˉ

cεms to beCome panmount ¨I ulink Ψe have a si汕 ution

hcr ψhere thc bu"ding has【 akCn on a"fc oflts oΨ n,Whlchhas tcndcd to prec】 udc othcr dcmands

’ shc con〖 :nves,

‘ Whercas initia"y the advis° ry coⅢmi"cc inC|udcd severaI

Ⅲuseum professlon。 ls,its e田phasis changed【 o fundni“ n芒

缸kr 由e acquisi〖 ion °f由c bu"ding ·· shc indicates tha∶

museum professionals、 iI!be sough〖 forthe boam and says

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thd〖 【he bo∶ 1rd i、 vc,c1)「 cerncd 」b1)ut【 hC ρrolc、、onu1`nl

oftho mu、cvm Howcvcr饣 Cun【 o「

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yc1陕 :ng、ou;hl

Mrs Ho"aday rcspond,to chⅡ cism of〖 he museom`pr。 Iossi。 nah、m 〖〖 is n￠ 〖9Ha【 、″c urc not u灬 afε ol Wna1

has Io bc donc p闷 rcssio:219 to take so田 e0ne With:prcst】 gi°vs careef dnd pu:曲 cT in an uRproven si〖uaIi° n is

asking a lo〖 No、 ψe狂e soIid cnough 〖°d° sO 、Ve ad

VCilsCd for曲 c cduca"oR he" fBoafd mcnbc·sJ Be〖 。Gcrber and Rggy stesva“ ξt tVicΨ in召 Ihcsc dpp"cu【 i° n爸

noW V/e Wi"look forthc regⅡ :nr and a phologP~pher ncx〖

and tbcn ∶he cum∶ or thε ! “iu bc i. pI9CC wheR、 ve en〖 c:

thC bu"ding I Jm oo’ hC、Vorks of AfI Commutcc oF thC

Corcoran CaIIeγ so I ao not wi∶ hou:some knoψ ledge

my、cIr I h(lvc t::IkC(I〖 oo `ind、 ()r ρc1,plc仓 bo111、、hC【 hcf

】I】e Cxhibi1ior,sc!lcdulC is Jˉ p「。Priu1c und bdlunccd VC afe

〗n ule prcress of a reo僧 un∶ z:。 on ortne adm∶ nls:Ⅱ tlVe se‘ upBrooke Mahoney【 diEc∶°:or∶heˇ。】untee了 Con业 l:in:

Crovp,lnc i is advising us o△ choo、 ing〖 he bes〖 b°urd 〖hebcs〖 adv、oIv conmit￠氵!Γ o∶he be义 s〖aⅡ sve c:n gct¨

thc moscLm s〈 )pcning∶ n Apr" i、 biⅡCd u、 :hc、 (、 iJ!

even‘ or19s7 Encn T扭 I辶 zw"ith 由e‘i、Ⅰ xvomu∏ [o ca冂

a doC〖 ora〖 e∶n Composi:lon缅 【hc Jui11ia,d sch°oI and1o

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ψin a Puli⒓ Cr Pnzc in c°ⅡrOsi〖ion has beε n Commi$ionedto W0〖eaP】cce IOr mo piaros,nd orhcsIn lor:hC opening

AnOIher NEA。ran:has陕 e∴ awaricd fofIhls purpoKe ¨The

NE^has bccn supCIb¨ says M^ HdhdayMrs HoⅡ adaV ls bound!e`“ v enthuslastiC abou〖 lhe J,omˉ

Cn’s ⅡuscuⅡ “AIre站dy d由le^ afe biddhg a【 auctlon

knoΨ∶ng tha〖 ,Ψhcn ψe o晖 n works by thcse anists Ψ

"lbeCome 【norcˇa!uablc ·· s艹 义vs 、e旺 bciBε o"ercd

cxhibitions and idcas for eXhioi〖 ions thaIat oˇcRthe1mingThcrc aF oo ca洌 ogues a`° nΓ适s lor such Π旬or a爪lsts as

°c°呜:a0Kee仃e,^Ι ice`ee1sonia Dclaunay Rosa Bonˉhcur R° aaine B「ooks and L"1△ Cabo〖 PenV Tne rcsearchto bC 0on￠ fo cs:abIi、 h thc、 c Jrtist、 in hi、 toα i′ c】、d1c、s

ˇ e shn】 I haˇ e to haˇe schOIaΛ in residencc Asked

again Ψhy sbc and hcr husb。dd did not donate lne co"eC【ion

to an CX必u,g insoⅠ u:lon as a△lore diε ct bld for lnIeg田 “0∏Mrs Holladny b0dlcs md sJys lw° uId"ke Io cmphIlsizc

伍at thls、 no〖 an cgo“ p Wehavec”°ved greaⅡ nonym灬in this Cirv !ftε l likc a εoldnsh n° w but【 am lold!田usr

d0 i〖 【o 田akC 〖bC museum a suCCess ¨

0nc promincn〖 W笛 h】 n~。●on CoIleCIor summ仓 ri扌s山 e

o/.litˉ ,lndˉ see a〖 titudc of m△ ny in 、 ashin‘ lon s J“ cstubˉ

lishment∶‘ Ι haˇ c srong庀 se卩ations aboutthe concept but

1Ψouldn t Ψan!⒃ spe酞 ou!and d,皿 pcB〖he己n曲 us:灬 n】

°f BiJIic s dcv° :Cd supponε^of thcir Chnnces tor obtainingpublic fLnds A丘 cr all,【 mw啶 wrong¨

0ne Washin鸟 0n wotC.· wonders if曲 efe ls a Ψny a〖 this

立a纟C for Mrs HOl1aday IO ensure ulc broad appeal andv,:di:y of hcr bninchild by 勋mlIlg a c° alitio卩 o‘ or a〖

le,lst a hcal!hy dialoguc a△ ong 仓l!in〖 erestcd pα rtles,fromConscWatiVe womCn to fgminlsts,Vnder s"ong curato向 al

lcadc,shlP, w】th Ihc aim of achicvlng an instinl“ on:haΨou】 d hclp曰″womCn in thc△

^s wha￠Cf thcir idco1ogy

or b∝k~gound^ncr a"J。 .cp"ne Wi曲 ers· drc△n lor lhe

m scum dQes not sound s° di汛 rent fro皿 Mrs Ho"adav s∶‘

^s a kind of natioΠaI ccn∶ ef fo了 researh on women i〖

would bc scen灬 a lca0or forthc ncΨ sChola阝 hiP°n ψonlenin the a¤⒖ and thcrefore haˇ e a npp1e cffec〖 o∏ °ther dii,ciphncs Ιt could bc a godny t° °ther mtLscuη、 rCt、 linding

thcm of what1hcy Could bC doing

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