Doing women's history in public : a handbook for interpretation at museums and historic sites
Abstract
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"This book is a complete guide to interpreting women's history. It connects scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-the objects, architecture and landscapes-in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them"-- Provided by publisher.
Why women's history matters -- Researching women's history -- Written sources: read all about her -- Oral sources: listening and recording -- Visual sources: pictures, maps, and photos -- Landscapes: fields and gardens -- Architecture: the built environment -- Objects: who packed this lunch bucket? -- Preservation: from great-grandmothers to great-granddaughters -- Interpretations: sharing women's history with visitors.
"This book is a complete guide to interpreting women's history. It connects scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-the objects, architecture and landscapes-in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them"-- Provided by publisher.
Why women's history matters -- Researching women's history -- Written sources: read all about her -- Oral sources: listening and recording -- Visual sources: pictures, maps, and photos -- Landscapes: fields and gardens -- Architecture: the built environment -- Objects: who packed this lunch bucket? -- Preservation: from great-grandmothers to great-granddaughters -- Interpretations: sharing women's history with visitors.
Keywords
Museums and women -- United States., Women -- United States -- history., Historic sites -- interpretive programs -- United States.