The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
MUSEUM WORK FOR WOMEN
A FIELD THAT HAS BBEN
OPENED ~ RECENT YEARS.


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Museum work u a new f,eld for women
An this country though IN ENGLAND and
other Ruroooan Countries wou,an have
dome h FOR YEAR, said a woman am.
plovhed bv an ara nu.o,,ro az tho m,ddle
west when nasaing through New York
n ssvv dava aSo snv Ia.a var m coIle0o
was devoted 10 The studv Of tsxtilen and
weaving. Thought Il would help IN INV
car.er a. an artist which had seoretlv
MANNED for vov.elg
two vaar. s,uJv IN p.r;. convinced
mo that shonld never he ! vraa, nain,sy
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woman aUoDlovsd "a a travelling re.earoh
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months and then undertook the work
formerly done by a man In the textile
daDor,Dent Uher. was no raason WIN
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'I'At pu'ce oou,u W., N,,'e Ou CIV" VI
me when hrst applied except me haDH
they had got into Of having Il filed by a
man A GAINED infitance I urged the
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cl'p.OS i,'es y $3.50 -.
ana to-dSy tnere nv NOV many MUSEUMS
even small INSTITUTIONS, Wnere there u
not az least one woman employed.
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seuins new ar7 NO" nui''ile'is " N"i''e''
working N mu-7uihs i"' PFNae COZ
lectOrs. While there ara several women
in this country employed a. travelling
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gatnered Oy h'ei anu i'elIt" mem ioI
exhibition. In my held which Ia that Of
textiles. am continually being called on
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OF uistI"'o NV
OF odd garments laces ana pieces OF hahdl-
work.
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r,,,-au,n Win very beautiful niece Of
iSce she wanted 10 aell Il and her prioe
- an In the thnuaands. The neraon
,rho vas thinking of buyinR Il had said
~ vVotIld nav the Brice provided the
1870 al ,ha yru.e,,n aid IA vas what
~ rsDre~rnted h 10 be.
sOuP lace expert, who by the way
n man vas for Agreeing with the woman
wben 1 was called IN. Ii happened that
| had worked on Just such lace IN the
| p-i,i-n M,,S..,,,, AMI lrneW thai instead
| 81 beiDg worth tbousaDda Of dollar h
| -. ~ Sro-tb tive bundled FortIrnately,
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IN an mora careful perhape than
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No.. 49,, Il ,,,a,la -ocn aftev lsing
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