From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries /
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of women were forced to seek their education outside the walls of American universities. Many turned to museums and libraries, for their own enlightenment, for formal education, and also for their careers. In Roffman's close readings of four mo...
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Table of Contents:
- Women and the mutual development of museums and libraries
- Museums and memory in Edith Wharton's modern novels
- Nella Larsen, librarian at 135th Street
- Accidents happen in Marianne Moore's native habitat
- Finding freedom from museums and libraries in Ruth Benedict's poetry
- Conclusion.